10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUSH WREN»
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International Wildlife Encyclopedia: Rifleman - sea slug
It is similar in appearance to the rifleman. Riflemen are fairly common on both
North and South Islands of New Zealand and on adjacent islands. The rock wren
is restricted to South Island. The bush wren, or South Island bush wren, ...
In that year, two of them, Big South Cape Island and Solomon Island, were visited
by Guthrie-Smith (Guthrie-Smith 1925), who found a bush wren there. He did not
distinguish it from the bush wren of South Island, so Stead (1936), after visiting ...
Julian P. Hume, Michael Walters, 2012
1890 albifacies rufi/acies) Bush Wren (Xenicus longipes stokesi)0 Huia (
Heteralocha acutirostris) ca.1907 Stitchbird (Notiomystis cincta)0 ca. 1885 Little
Spotted Kiwi (Apteryx oweni)c New Zealand Thrush (Turnagra capensis tanagra)
b South ...
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Vanishing And Endangered Species
... rats and stoats, suffered the same fate as Stephen Island Wren. The New
Zealand Bush Wren was discovered on Captain Cook's second voyage by his
chief naturalist J.R. Forster, while Cook refitted his ships in Dusky Sound.
Forester's son.
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The Lost World of the Moa: Prehistoric Life of New Zealand
See also Acanthisittidae; Bush wren; Long-billed wren; Lyall's wren; Rock wren;
Stout-legged wren Wrybill, 413; feeding habits of, 412; taxonomy of, 412—413
Xenicus, 424, 426; bones of, 36; in guilds, 494; in laughing owl diet, 366, 369 ...
T. H. Worthy, Richard N. Holdaway, 2002
Four other forms, actually all races of the bush wren, are also now extinct. One of
these—the Stephen Island bush wren— was believed to be flightless and is
therefore included in Chapter 9, but it is unknown whether the others were just
poor ...
7
Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
Two species are currently recognised (Turbott, 1990); the bush wren X. longipes,
and the rock wren X. gilviventris. Bush wrens inhabited forest areas throughout
New Zealand, but were already very rare in the North Island when Europeans ...
8
Facing Extinction: The World's Rarest Birds and the Race to ...
1999), were also flightless, and doubtless more will come to light. More recently,
two almost flightless songbirds have joined them in extinction: the Bush Wren
Xenicus longipes, another New Zealand wren last seen in 1972, and the
Chatham ...
Paul Donald, Nigel Collar, Stuart Marsden, 2013
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The Animals of New Zealand: An Account of the Colony's ...
Wing with the third to the fifth quills nearly equal and longest; the second rather
shorter than the seventh Legs long, the feet rather strong. Tail short. - K ey to the
Species. Breast grey. X. longipes. Breast tawny. X. gilviventris. Bush Wren: male.
Frederick Wollaston Hutton, James Drummond, 1904
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Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute
(Bush Wren.) At Milford Sound in February last I saw a single example of this very
rare species, and managed to procure it undamaged with a small charge of dust-
shot. I saw another a few weeks later on Stewart Island. It was in a low shrub by ...
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BUSH WREN»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
bush wren is used in the context of the following news items.
Stories of extinction
Among so many extraordinary stories and images, my favourite concerns the New Zealand bush wren. The colour images, taken in 1964 by one of the lions of ... «The Monthly, Feb 14»
Rock wrens on a high
The New Zealand bush wren was once widespread throughout the country, but in a familiar tale the introduction of rats and then stoats was the ... «Stuff.co.nz, Oct 12»
New Zealand Rock wren thriving on new sanctuary
The bush wren and the Stephens Island wren died out since European colonisation of New Zealand. The Stephens Island wren was wiped out ... «Wildlife Extra, Apr 10»
