Stout-legged wren Temporal range: Late Pleistocene-Holocene
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Xenicus yaldwyni | |
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Xenicus yaldwyni | |
Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Acanthisittidae |
Genus: | Xenicus |
Binomial name | |
Xenicus yaldwyni Millener, 1988 | |
Xenicus jagmi Millener, 1988 |
Stout-legged wren is a common name referring to two species of extinct New Zealand wrens: the North Island stout-legged wren or Grant-Mackie's wren (Xenicus jagmi), and the South Island stout-legged wren or Yaldwyn's wren (Xenicus yaldwyni). These small birds were endemic to New Zealand and were previously included in the genus Pachyplichas.