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Story: Land birds – overview

Long-billed wren

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Long-billed wren

The long-billed wren (Dendroscansor decurvirostris), now extinct, was one of New Zealand's three species of flightless wren.

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Kerry-Jayne Wilson, Land birds – overview – Flightless land birds, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/11244/long-billed-wren (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Kerry-Jayne Wilson, published 26 May 2015.