Cantorchilus

Cantorchilus
Riverside wren (Cantorchilus semibadius)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Troglodytidae
Genus:	Cantorchilus Mann, Barker, Graves, Dingess-Mann & Slater 2006
Type species
Thryothorus longirostris [1] Vieillot, 1819
Species
see text

Cantorchilus is a genus of birds in the wren family Troglodytidae. The genus was introduced in 2006 and contains twelve species.

Taxonomy

The genus Cantorchilus was introduced in 2006 by Nigel Mann and coworkers with the type species as Thryothorus longirostris Vieillot, 1819, the long-billed wren. ^{[2] [3]} The genus name combines the Latin cantus meaning "song" with the Ancient Greek ορχιλος/orkhilos meaning "wren". ^[4]

Species

The genus contain 12 species: ^[5]

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
	Cantorchilus modestus	Cabanis's wren
	Cantorchilus zeledoni	Canebrake wren
	Cantorchilus elutus	Isthmian wren
	Cantorchilus leucotis	Buff-breasted wren	northern half of South America
	Cantorchilus superciliaris	Superciliated wren	western Ecuador, northwestern Peru
	Cantorchilus guarayanus	Fawn-breasted wren	northern Bolivia, southwestern Brazil
	Cantorchilus longirostris	Long-billed wren	Caatinga, Atlantic Forest
	Cantorchilus griseus	Grey wren	western Amazonia
	Cantorchilus semibadius	Riverside wren
	Cantorchilus nigricapillus	Bay wren
	Cantorchilus thoracicus	Stripe-breasted wren
-	Cantorchilus leucopogon	Stripe-throated wren

References

1. "Troglodytididae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
2. Mann, N.I.; Barker, F.K.; Graves, J.A.; Dingess-Mann, K.A.; Slater, P.J.B. (2006). "Molecular data delineate four genera of Thryothorus wrens". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 40 (3): 750–759. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.04.014.
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. 565. ISBN   978-0-9568611-2-2.
4. Jobling, James A. "Cantorchilus". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (February 2025). "Dapple-throats, sugarbirds, fairy-bluebirds, kinglets, hyliotas, wrens & gnatcatchers". IOC World Bird List Version 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 30 September 2025.