South Island stout-legged wren
| South Island stout-legged wren Temporal range: Late Pleistocene-Holocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Acanthisittidae |
| Genus: | †Pachyplichas |
| Species: | †P. yaldwyni
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| Binomial name | |
| †Pachyplichas yaldwyni Millener, 1988
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The South Island stout-legged wren or Yaldwyn's wren (Pachyplichas yaldwyni) is an
.History and etymology
The
palaeontology.[1]
Description
It was the largest (by weight) of the
kiore
(Pacific rat).
Distribution and habitat
The
scrubland.[1]
References
Notes
Sources
- Millener, P.R. (1988). "Contributions to New Zealand's Late Quaternary avifauna. 1: Pachyplichas, a new genus of wren (Aves: Acanthisittidae), with two new species". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 18 (4): 383–406. .
External links
- Holotype of Pachyplichas yaldwyni from the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
- Stout-legged Wren, Pachyplichas yaldwyni, by Paul Martinson. Artwork produced for the book Extinct Birds of New Zealand, by Alan Tennyson, Te Papa Press, Wellington, 2006
