Acanthisitti

E33445

bird suborder taxon

Acanthisitti is a small, ancient suborder of New Zealand wrens considered among the most basal and evolutionarily distinct lineages of passerine birds.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Acanthisitta chloris	3
Acanthisitti canonical	3
Dendroscansor decurvirostris	2
Acanthisittidae	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bird suborder ⓘ taxon ⓘ
belongsToClade	Passeriformes ⓘ surface form: Oscines Passerida ⓘ surface form: Passeri
characteristic	insectivorous diet ⓘ poor flight ability in several species ⓘ terrestrial habits in many species ⓘ very small body size ⓘ
commonName	New Zealand wrens suborder ⓘ
contains	Acanthisitti self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Acanthisittidae
containsTaxon	Acanthisitti self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Acanthisitta chloris Acanthisitti self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Dendroscansor decurvirostris Kuiornis indicator ⓘ Pachyplichas jagmi ⓘ Pachyplichas jagmi ⓘ surface form: Pachyplichas yaldwyni Traversia lyalli ⓘ Xenicus gilviventris ⓘ Xenicus longipes ⓘ
containsTaxonRank	family ⓘ
country	New Zealand ⓘ
describedAs	ancient suborder of passerine birds ⓘ basal passerine lineage ⓘ evolutionarily distinct passerine lineage ⓘ small suborder of passerine birds ⓘ
distribution	endemic to New Zealand ⓘ
evolutionaryStatus	early diverging passerine clade ⓘ relict lineage ⓘ
habitat	New Zealand alpine shrublands ⓘ New Zealand forests ⓘ
hasExtantSpecies	Acanthisitti self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Acanthisitta chloris
hasExtinctSpecies	Acanthisitti self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Dendroscansor decurvirostris Kuiornis indicator ⓘ Pachyplichas jagmi ⓘ Pachyplichas jagmi ⓘ surface form: Pachyplichas yaldwyni Traversia lyalli ⓘ Xenicus gilviventris ⓘ Xenicus longipes ⓘ
isPartOf	Passeriformes ⓘ
notableFor	endemism to New Zealand ⓘ high evolutionary distinctiveness ⓘ
parentTaxon	Passeriformes ⓘ
phylogeneticPosition	sister to all other passerines in some analyses ⓘ
taxonRank	suborder ⓘ
threatStatus	many species extinct ⓘ remaining species conservation concern ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Passeriformes → suborder → Acanthisitti ⓘ

Passeriformes → includes → Acanthisitti ⓘ

Acanthisitti → contains → Acanthisitti self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Acanthisittidae

Acanthisitti → containsTaxon → Acanthisitti self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Acanthisitta chloris

Acanthisitti → containsTaxon → Acanthisitti self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dendroscansor decurvirostris

Acanthisitti → hasExtantSpecies → Acanthisitti self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Acanthisitta chloris

Acanthisitti → hasExtinctSpecies → Acanthisitti self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dendroscansor decurvirostris

Traversia lyalli → relatedTo → Acanthisitti ⓘ

this entity surface form: Acanthisitta chloris

Pachyplichas jagmi → belongsToClade → Acanthisitti ⓘ