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|color={{Taxobox_colour|[[Animalia]]}}
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| genus = Acanthisitta
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| species = chloris
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| name = Rifleman
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| image = Lake Sylvan - Rifleman (5626163357).png
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| image_width = 300px
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| image_caption = Female
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| status = LC
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| status_system = IUCN3.1
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| status_ref = <ref>{{IUCN|id=22698577 |title=''Acanthisitta chloris'' |assessor=BirdLife International |assessor-link=BirdLife International |version=2013.2 |year=2012 |accessdate=26 November 2013}}</ref>
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| parent_authority = [[Frédéric de Lafresnaye|Lafresnaye]], 1842
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| binomial = ''Acanthisitta chloris''
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| binomial_authority = [[Anders Sparrman|Sparrman]], 1787
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| subdivision_ranks = [[Subspecies]]
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| subdivision = ''Acanthisitta chloris chloris <br> Acanthisitta chloris granti''
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| synonyms = ''Sitta chloris''
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}}
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'''Rifleman''' or '''tītipounamu''' in the Maori language, '''''Acanthisitta chloris''''' is a species of [[New Zealand wren]]. The Rifleman is the smallest bird in New Zealand.<ref name="Fireflybirds">{{FireflyBirds| author=Grey H. Sherley| chapter=New Zealand Wrens | pages = 416-7}}</ref> It has two subspecies, '''South Island Rifleman, ''A. c. chloris'''''<ref name="Avibase1">{{avibase|A355A39AB64BC397|Acanthisitta chloris chloris}}</ref> and '''North Island Rifleman, ''A. c. granti'''''.<ref name="Avibase2">{{avibase|665337ED6F558770|Acanthisitta chloris granti}}</ref>
   
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|english=Titipounamu, North Island Rifleman, South Island Rifleman
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|scientific=Protonym: ''Sitta chloris''
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|others='''Maori''': Tītipounamu
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Latest revision as of 17:28, 9 August 2017

Rifleman
Lake Sylvan - Rifleman (5626163357)
Female
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Inopinaves
Order: Passeriformes
Suborder: Acanthisitti
Family: Acanthisittidae
Genus: Acanthisitta
Lafresnaye, 1842
Species: A. chloris
Binomial name
Acanthisitta chloris
Sparrman, 1787
Subspecies

Acanthisitta chloris chloris
Acanthisitta chloris granti

Synonyms

Sitta chloris

Rifleman or tītipounamu in the Maori language, Acanthisitta chloris is a species of New Zealand wren. The Rifleman is the smallest bird in New Zealand.[2] It has two subspecies, South Island Rifleman, A. c. chloris[3] and North Island Rifleman, A. c. granti.[4]


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Other common names Titipounamu, North Island Rifleman, South Island Rifleman
Scientific Protonym: Sitta chloris
Other languages Maori: Tītipounamu

Description

Similar species

Behaviour

Diet

Calls

Reproduction

Distribution/habitat

References

  1. ^ "Acanthisitta chloris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013. 
  2. ^ Grey H. Sherley (2003). "New Zealand Wrens". In Christopher Perrins. Firefly Encyclopedia of Birds. Firefly Books. pp. 416–7. ISBN 1-55297-777-3. 
  3. ^ "Acanthisitta chloris chloris". Avibase. 
  4. ^ "Acanthisitta chloris granti". Avibase. 

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