wrybill การใช้
- The river is also known for its large wrybill population which represents 73 percent of the total population.
- The wrybill is the only species of bird in the world with a beak that is bent sideways ( always to the right ).
- It is abundant in bird life, including the wrybill ( " Anarhynchus frontalis " ) and Black stilt ( " Himantopus novaezelandiae " ).
- The Upper Rangitata River is known as one of the most important braided river habitats for the endangered black-fronted tern, the wrybill and the endangered upland longjawed galaxias.
- For example, in a population of New Zealand wrybill who make a living by searching for grubs under rocks, those that have a bent beak gain access to more calories.
- A 2015 study found its closest relatives to be other plovers found in New Zealand, the New Zealand plover or New Zealand dotterel ( " Charadrius obscurus " ) and the wrybill ( " Anarhynchus frontalis " ), which the study found to be in the " Charadrius " clade.
- A 2015 study found its closest relatives to be other plovers found in New Zealand, the nearest the wrybill ( " Anarhynchus frontalis " ), which the study found to be in the " Charadrius " clade, and then the double-banded plover or banded dotterel ( " Charadrius bicinctus " ).