New Zealand Wrens (Acanthisittidae)

Rock Wren (Xenicus gilviventris) - HBW 9, p. 473

French: Xénique des rochers German: Felsschlüpfer Spanish: Acantisita Roquero
Other common names: South Island Wren; Fiordland Rock Wren (“rineyi”)

Taxonomy: Xenicus gilviventris Pelzeln, 1867, mountains of South Island, New Zealand.
Plumage appears to vary clinally, males becoming brighter from N to S; supposedly smaller, more greenish birds in S (Fiordland) described as race rineyi, but now considered only a bright morph. Monotypic.

Distribution: Mountain areas of South I, New Zealand.