A wrybill is a species of small bird in the plover family, Latin name Anarhynchus frontalis, which has a beak which is bent backwards, endemic to New Zealand.
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The Wrybill (Ngutupare/Ngutuparore).
The wrybill is a small plover found in New Zealand. Its name refers to the twisted shape of its bill.
The Ngutuparore or Wrybill (Anarhynchus frontalis) is the only bird in the world whose bill is bent sideways.
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The bird with a twisted bill in New Zealand is the Kakapo, also known as the Night Parrot. This unique bill helps the Kakapo to feed on native plants and seeds. It is a critically endangered species with only a few hundred individuals left in the wild.
* Wedge-tailed shearwater * Westland petrel * White-naped petrel * White-headed petrel * White-chinned petrel * Whiroia * Whio * White-faced heron * Wrybill * White-winged black tern * Wandering tattler * Whekau (extinct)
* Parrot * Pelican * Penguin * Phalaropes * Plover * Potoo
The best-known birds that have names beginning with "w" are probably the woodpeckers. Answer Wandering Albatross Wagtail Weaver White-eye Whydah Widow Widowfinch = Indigobird Woodcreeper Woodhoopoe Woodpecker Wren Wrybill Wryneck
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 4 words with the pattern --Y-IL-. That is, seven letter words with 3rd letter Y and 5th letter I and 6th letter L. In alphabetical order, they are: daylily soymilk waybill wrybill
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 1 words with the pattern WR--I-L. That is, seven letter words with 1st letter W and 2nd letter R and 5th letter I and 7th letter L. In alphabetical order, they are: wrybill