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wrybill /ˈrʌɪbɪl /nounA small New Zealand plover with grey and white plumage and a bill that bends to the right.- Anarhynchus frontalis, family Charadriidae.
Shorebirds endemic to New Zealand, wrybills are the only birds with side-durving beaks....- The endemic wrybill has the unique characteristic of a bill bent to the right.
- The group has received no formal funding but has managed on a shoe string to make significant gains in protecting the wrybill and making the local community aware of the importance of this population.
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