New Zealand rock wren
（重定向自Xenicus gilviventris）
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![Xenicis gilviventris, showing distinctive green, yellow, and grey colouring.](/Images/godic/202502/21/Rock_wren5730.jpg")
![Rock wren nest](/Images/godic/202502/21/Bul01Bird250a5730.jpg")
![Rock wren in its preferred habitat](/Images/godic/202502/21/NZ_Rock_Wren_among_Rocks5730.jpg")
The New Zealand rock wren (Xenicus gilviventris) is a small New Zealand wren (family Acanthisittidae) endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. Its Māori names include pīwauwau ("little complaining bird"), mātuitui, and tuke ("twitch", after its bobbing motion). Outside New Zealand it is sometimes known as the rockwren or South Island wren to distinguish it from the unrelated rock wren of North America.