noun

• A secretive warbler found only in New Zealand, with dark streaked plumage.

  Megalurus punctatus, family Sylviidae

  ‘There are fernbirds and tomtits that should also return.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Fernbirds tend to weave their way through low vegetation and only rarely fly from cover.’
  • ‘The survival of fernbird will be ensured by the purchase of a block of land in the valley, the Conservation Minister said today.’