| Pachyplichas | |
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| Yaldwyn's Wren | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Inopinaves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Suborder: | Acanthisitti |
| Family: | Acanthisittidae |
| Genus: | †Pachyplichas Millener, 1988 |
| Species | |
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Pachyplichas is a genus containing two extinct species of New Zealand wren, a family of small birds endemic to New Zealand.
Description
The wrens formed a species pair. They had reduced wings and robust legs indicating that they were adapted to a terrestrial existence and were either flightless or nearly so.[1]
Taxonomy
Species
| Species of Pachyplicas in Taxonomic order 2 species | |||||
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†Yaldwyn's Wren †South Island Stout-legged Wren Pachyplichas yaldwyni Millener, 1988
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†Grant-Mackie's Wren †North Island Stout-legged Wren Pachyplichas jagmi Millener, 1988 
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References
Notes
- ^ Millener (1988).
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): 383–406.
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