Xenicus longipes variabilis Stead, 1936:313
Stead's bush wren
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Xenicornis longipes steadi Mathews, 1944: Emu 43: 245 – Solomon Island, off Stewart Island.
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 1972 (Merton, 2004)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Big South Cape Island, Kaimohu & Stewart Island (Rakiura), New Zealand
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: CM AV227
Paratype: NMNZOR.18126 (adult skin, male)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Stead, E. F. (1936). A new subspecies of Xenicus. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 66: 313-314.
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