Pheugopedius is a genus of wrens in the family Troglodytidae that are found in Central and South America.
| Pheugopedius | |
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| Rufous-breasted wren (Pheugopedius rutilus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Troglodytidae |
| Genus: | Pheugopedius Cabanis, 1851 |
| Type species | |
| Pheugopedius genibarbis[1] Cabanis, 1851
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Taxonomy
editThe genus Pheugopedius was introduced in 1851 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis to accommodate a single species, Pheugopedius genibarbis a junior synonym of Thryothorus genibarbis Swainson, 1837, the moustached wren.[2][3]
The genus contains the following 13 species:[4]
- Black-throated wren (Pheugopedius atrogularis)
- Rufous-breasted wren (Pheugopedius rutilus)
- Moustached wren (Pheugopedius genibarbis)
- Coraya wren (Pheugopedius coraya)
- Plain-tailed wren (Pheugopedius euophrys)
- Grey-browed wren (Pheugopedius schulenbergi)
- Black-bellied wren (Pheugopedius fasciatoventris)
- Sooty-headed wren (Pheugopedius spadix)
- Speckle-breasted wren (Pheugopedius sclateri)
- Happy wren (Pheugopedius felix)
- Inca wren (Pheugopedius eisenmanni)
- Spot-breasted wren (Pheugopedius maculipectus)
- Whiskered wren (Pheugopedius mystacalis)
References
edit- ^ "Troglodytididae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
- ^ Cabanis, Jean (1850–1851). Museum Heineanum : Verzeichniss der ornithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine, auf Gut St. Burchard vor Halberstadt (in German and Latin). Vol. 1. Halberstadt: R. Frantz. p. 79.
- ^ Dickinson, E.C.; Christidis, L., eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Vol. 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 562. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2024). "Dapple-throats, sugarbirds, fairy-bluebirds, kinglets, hyliotas, wrens & gnatcatchers". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
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