Poodytes punctatus caudatus

Poodytes punctatus caudatus, is a subspecies of New Zealand fernbird native to Oceania.[1] It occurs on Snares Is, S of Stewart I. This race has brighter reddish-brown plumage. Ear-coverts are distinctly darker. Legs and feet are slightly darker too. [2]

Poodytes punctatus caudatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Locustellidae
Genus: Poodytes
Species:
Subspecies:
P. p. caudatus
Trinomial name
Poodytes punctatus caudatus
(Buller, 1894)
Synonyms

Bowdleria punctata
Megalurus punctatus

References


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