Wrybill

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Wrybill
Conservation status
Vulnerable
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Charadriiformes Family: Charadriidae Genus: Anarhynchus Quoy and Gaimard, 1830 Species: A. frontalis
Binomial name
Anarhynchus frontalis Quoy and Gaimard, 1830

The Wrybill or Ngutuparore (Māori) Anarhynchus frontalis is a species of plover endemic to New Zealand^[1]. It is unique in that it is the only species of bird in the world with a beak that is bent sideways (to the right).^[2]

[edit] References

1. ^ Barrie Heather and Hugh Robertson, "The Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand"(revised edition), Viking, 2005
2. ^ http://www.nzbirds.com/birds/wrybill.html accessed on March the 2nd 2007