xenicidae

• Существительное, обозначающее научное название семейства новозеландских крапивников, группы мелких воробьиных птиц, эндемичных для Новой Зеландии.

A noun referring to the scientific family name for the New Zealand wrens, a group of small passerine birds endemic to New Zealand.

имя собственное

1. Alternative name for New Zealand wrensC2formalscientific

   A taxonomic family name, alternative to Acanthisittidae, used for the small, insectivorous, and largely terrestrial passerine birds endemic to New Zealand, known as New Zealand wrens.

   Альтернативное название новозеландских крапивников

   • The family Xenicidae is sometimes used in older classifications for the New Zealand wrens.
   • Ornithologists debate whether Xenicidae or Acanthisittidae is the correct family name for these birds.
   • The unique skeletal features of the Xenicidae distinguish them from other passerines.

   Синонимыacanthisittidae