Bushwren (Xenicus longipes)

Other Names (World)
Bushwren, Bush Wren, Green Wren, North Island Bush Wren (stokesii), South Island Bush Wren (longipes), Stewart Island Bush Wren (variabilis), Stead's Bush Wren (variabilis)

Family
Acanthisittidae (New Zealand Wrens)

Size
23 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1789)

Habitat
Temperate forest and shrubland.

Range (Guide)

New Zealand (E) (B).

North and South Islands, Stewart Island (New Zealand).

Status EX
Subspecies variabilis of Stewart Island, was last recorded in 1965. Subspeciers stokesi of the North Island in 1949, and subspecies longipes of the South Island in 1972. Extinction was probably due to predation by introduced species, it being particularly vulnerable being a ground-nester.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Subspecies
Subspecies stokesii known only from three museum skins and few sightings. Subspecies that formerly occupied Stewart I uncertain, assumed to be variabilis, which described from offshore islets.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

longipes ! (Gmelin, 1789) - South Island, New Zeland.
stokesii ! G. R. Gray, 1862 - Formerly North Island (New Zealand). Extinct by 1949.
variabilis ! Stead, 1936 - Stewart Island, New Zealand.

References
See References.

Files:

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