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title: "Rifleman"
description: "Acanthisitta chloris — Birds. The rifleman (Acanthisitta chloris) (Māori: titipounamu or tītitipounamu) is a small insectivorous passerine bird that is endemic to New Zealand."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/rifleman
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rifleman

> Acanthisitta chloris — Birds. The rifleman (Acanthisitta chloris) (Māori: titipounamu or tītitipounamu) is a small insectivorous passerine bird that is endemic to New Zealand.

- Scientific name: *Acanthisitta chloris*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 2082
- Wikidata: [Q646366](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q646366)
- iNaturalist taxon: [7254](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7254)

## Names

- en: Rifleman
- de: Grünschlüpfer
- es: Acantisita Verdoso
- fr: Xénique grimpeur
- nl: Geweervogel
- pt: Carriça-da-nova-zelândia
- pl: Barglik

## Countries with the most observations

NZ (1868)

## Summary

The rifleman (Acanthisitta chloris) (Māori: titipounamu or tītitipounamu) is a small insectivorous passerine bird that is endemic to New Zealand. It belongs to the family Acanthisittidae, also known as the New Zealand wrens, of which it is one of only two surviving species. The rifleman resembles a wren in form, but is not related to the family of true wrens, Troglodytidae, nor the fairy-wrens of Australia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifleman_(bird)

## Photo

![Rifleman](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/rifleman/medium.jpg)

Photo: Berend de Boer · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/196104198

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/rifleman?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).