New Zealand Wren (Noun)
Meaning
Birds of New Zealand that resemble wrens.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The rifleman is one of four bird species known as the New Zealand wren, a group of birds that are part of the acanthisittid family.
- In the forest undergrowth, a small, grey New Zealand wren with a brownish tinge, flitted from branch to branch.
- Researchers were fascinated by the fact that New Zealand wrens have four toes, instead of the usual three, found in other wren species.
- A New Zealand wren was observed eating a red berry from the rimu tree, a sight rarely seen by humans.
- Closely related to the tomtit and the piwakawaka, the yellowhead is one of the four endangered New Zealand wren species.