Acanthisitta chloris
Rifleman
Acanthisitta chloris
Classificação Ciêntifica
Reino: Animalia
Filo: Chordata
Classe: Aves
Ordem: Passeriformes
Família : Acanthisittidae
A tiny endemic of New Zealand, 7–9 cm; male c. 6 g, female 7 g.
Forest, especially beech forest, and scrub; also pine (Pinus).
Subspecies.
- A. c. granti Mathews & Iredale, 1913 – North I and outliers, New Zealand.
- A. c. chloris (Sparrman, 1787) – South I, Stewart I and outliers.