Xenicus

Xenicus
A South Island wren.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Acanthisittidae
Genus:	Xenicus G.R. Gray, 1855
Type species
Motacilla longipes Gmelin, 1789

Xenicus is a genus of birds in the family Acanthisittidae. It contains New Zealand wrens.

Species

• New Zealand rock wren, Xenicus gilviventris
• Bushwren, †Xenicus longipes (extinct)

Lyall's wren was classified as Xenicus lyalli but is quite divergent, so it is placed in its own genus, Traversia.

References

• Catalogue of the genera and subgenera of birds contained in the British museum. p. 31
• North Island Rifleman (Titipounamu)(above two birds) / South Island Bush Wren (Matuhi) (left centre) / Rock Wren (centre right) / Stephens Island Wren by George Edward Lodge. Collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa