Distribution and Habitat
The true habitat of this bird is thinly wooded forests, but other similar New Zealand species live near rocky outcrops. The Rifleman is the most widespread species of acanthisittids in the two main islands of New Zealand. However the bird occurs only rarely in latitudes north of Te Aroha. The North Island subspecies, granti, occurs mainly in lowland tawa forest, while the South Island subspecies, chloris, is found in high altitude beech forest or lowland areas forested with podocarp.
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