New Zealand wren

English

Noun

New Zealand wren (plural New Zealand wrens)

1. A passerine bird of the family Acanthisittidae, including two living and several extinct species in four or five genera. [from 19th c.]
   • 2016 October 19, Hanneke Meijer, “Why you can thank geology for your morning songbird chorus”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Suboscines (Tyranni) are mostly found in the Neotropics, whereas the small New Zealand wrens (Acanthisitti) are limited to, you guessed it, New Zealand.

Translations

bird of the family Acanthisittidae

• Finnish: vilistäjä (fi)