Pheugopedius

Pheugopedius
Rufous-breasted wren (Pheugopedius rutilus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Troglodytidae
Genus: Pheugopedius
Cabanis, 1851
Type species
Pheugopedius genibarbis[1]
Cabanis, 1851

Pheugopedius is a genus of wrens in the family Troglodytidae that are found in Central and South America.

Taxonomy

The 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]

References

  1. ^ "Troglodytididae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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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