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Kōrero: European discovery of plants and animals

Stephens Island wrens

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Stephens Island wrens

These Stephens Island wrens (Traversia lyalli) were killed by cats on Stephens Island, off the Nelson coast, in 1894. One of the cats belonged to the island’s lighthouse keeper, Mr Lyall, who is commemorated in the scientific name.

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Ryan Photographic

by Paddy Ryan

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John Andrews, European discovery of plants and animals – Naturalists: 1840s–1890s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/10968/stephens-island-wrens (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā John Andrews, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.