After Olson, 1985, Sibley & Monroe, 1990, and Holdaway, Worthy & Tennyson, 2001
<==o Acanthisittidae [Xenicidae] (vilistäjät) |-- Acanthisitta chloris (metsävilistäjä) |-- †Traversia lyalli [Xenicus lyalli] (stephensaarenvilistäjä) |--o †Pachyplichas Millener, 1988 | |?- †P. jagmi Millener, 1988 [possibly synonous with Pachyplichas yaldwyni] | `-- †P. yaldwyni Millener, 1988 |-- †Dendroscansor decurvirostris Millener & Worthy, 1991 `--o Xenicus (pensasvilistäjät) |-- X. gilviventris (kalliovilistäjä) `--o †X. longipes (pensasvilistäjä, matuhi) |-- †X. l. stokesi (pohjoissaarenpensasvilistäjä) |-- †X. l. longipes (eteläsaarenpensasvilistäjä) `-- †X. l. variabilis (stewardsaarenpensasvilistäjä)
Reference(s):
- Holdaway, R. N., Worthy, T. H. & Tennyson, A. J. D., 2001: A working list of breeding bird species of the New Zealand region at first human contact.
–New Zealand Journal of Zoology: Vol. 28, pp. 119-187 - Lokki, J., Jännes, H. & Nikander, P. J., 1992: Otavan lintutieto.
–Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava, Helsinki, Finland, 1992, pp. 1-440
Translated from: Perrins, C. M. (ed.), 1990: The Illustrated encyclopaedia of birds.
–Headline Book Publishing Plc., London, England, 1990 - Olson, S. L., 1985: The fossil record of birds. 79-239.
in Farner, D., King, J. & Parkes, K. (eds.), 1985: Avian Biology. vol VIII.
–Academic Press, New York. 1985. - Sibley, C. G. & Monroe, B, L., 1990: Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world.
–Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 1990. xxiv-1111.