Rifleman (bird)

For other uses, see Rifleman (disambiguation).

Rifleman
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Acanthisittidae
Genus: Acanthisitta
Lafresnaye, 1842
Species:
A. chloris
Binomial name
Acanthisitta chloris
(Sparrman, 1787)
Subspecies[2]
  • A. c. granti - Mathews & Iredale, 1913
  • A. c. chloris - (Sparrman, 1787)

The rifleman (Acanthisitta chloris) (Māori: titipounamu) is a small insectivorous passerine bird that is endemic to New Zealand. It belongs to the family Acanthisittidae, also known as the New Zealand wrens, of which it is one of only two surviving species. The rifleman resembles a wren in form, but is not related to the family of true wrens, Troglodytidae, nor the fairy-wrens of Australia.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017) [amended version of 2016 assessment]. "Acanthisitta chloris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22698577A110680109. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22698577A110680109.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2.