Family
New Zealand Wrens
Acanthisittidae
3 species with a page on Motmot.
Order: Passeriformes
The New Zealand wrens are a family (Acanthisittidae) of tiny passerines endemic to New Zealand. They were represented by seven Holocene species in four or five genera, although only two species in two genera survive today. They are understood to form a distinct lineage within the passerines, but authorities differ on their assignment to the oscines or suboscines (the two suborders that between them make up the Passeriformes).
Species in this family
- Rifleman Acanthisitta chloris
- South Island Wren Xenicus gilviventris
- Bush Wren Xenicus longipes