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Kōrero: 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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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: 2006-0010-1/1

by Paul Martinson

Permission of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

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

He kōrero nā Kerry-Jayne Wilson, i tāngia i te 26 May 2015.