Kuiornis

Kuiornis indicator was a small prehistoric passerine bird that lived 9–16 million years ago in New Zealand. It is most closely related to the living rifleman.[1]

Kuiornis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Acanthisittidae
Genus: Kuiornis
Worthy et al., 2010
Species:
K. indicator
Binomial name
Kuiornis indicator
Worthy et al., 2010

References

  1. Trevor H. Worthy; Suzanne J. Hand; Jacqueline M. T. Nguyen; Alan J. D. Tennyson; Jennifer P. Worthy; R. Paul Scofield; Walter E. Boles; Michael Archer (2010). "Biogeographical and Phylogenetic Implications of an Early Miocene Wren (Aves: Passeriformes: Acanthisittidae) from New Zealand". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (2): 479–498. doi:10.1080/02724631003618033. S2CID 85994536.
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