Pachyplichas

Pachyplichas
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Suborder: Acanthisitti
Family: Acanthisittidae
Genus: Pachyplichas
Millener, 1988
Species

2, see text

Pachyplichas is a genus containing two extinct species of New Zealand wren, a family of small birds endemic to New Zealand.

Species

Description

The wrens formed a species pair. They had reduced wings and robust legs indicating that they were adapted to a terrestrial existence and were either flightless or nearly so.[1]

References

Notes

  1. Millener (1988).

Sources


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