Kuiornis

Kuiornis indicator
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Suborder:	Acanthisitti
Family:	Acanthisittidae
Genus:	Kuiornis
Species:	K. indicator
Binomial name
*Kuiornis indicator*

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]

References

↑ 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.

Birds of New Zealand

Common birds	Pipit (pīhoihoi) Long-tailed cuckoo (koekoeā) Bellbird (korimako) New Zealand falcon (kārearea) Fantail (pīwakawaka) Dabchick (weweia) New Zealand pigeon (kererū) New Zealand dotterel (tūturiwhatu) South Island robin North Island robin Rock wren (pīwauwau) New Zealand scaup (pāpango) Paradise shelduck (pūtangitangi) Brown creeper (pipipi) Pukeko (pūkeko) Rifleman (tītipounamu) Spotted shag (parekareka) Tomtit (miromiro) Tui (tūī) Whitehead (pōpokotea)

Flightless birds	Great spotted kiwi (roroa) Little spotted kiwi (kiwi pukupuku) North Island brown kiwi (roroa) Southern brown kiwi (tokoeka) Yellow-eyed penguin (hoiho) Kakapo (kākāpō) Takahē Fiordland penguin (tawaki) Weka Blue penguin (kororā)

Endangered endemic birds (flying)	Saddleback (tieke) Fernbird (mātātā) Kaka (kākā) New Zealand storm petrel (takahikare) North Island kōkako South Island kōkako New Zealand fairy tern (tara-iti) Orange-fronted parakeet (kakariki) Black stilt (kakī) Blue duck (whio) Yellowhead (mohua) Kea Stitchbird (hihi)

Extinct birds	South Island piopio (piopio) New Zealand bittern (kaoriki) New Zealand quail (koreke) Huia Haast's eagle Moa Adzebill Auckland merganser (rakiraki maungahuka) Bush wren (mātuhituhi) Stout-legged wren Chatham kaka Laughing owl (whēkau) Waitaha penguin Eyles' harrier Snipe-rail Scarlett's shearwater North Island takahē New Zealand owlet-nightjar New Zealand musk duck

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