Cantorchilus

Cantorchilus
Bay wren (Cantorchilus nigricapillus)
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]

• Cabanis's wren, Cantorchilus modestus – south Mexico to Costa Rica
• Canebrake wren, Cantorchilus zeledoni – east Nicaragua, east Costa Rica and northwest Panama
• Isthmian wren, Cantorchilus elutus – southwest Costa Rica and west Panama
• Buff-breasted wren, Cantorchilus leucotis – Panama through Amazonia
• Superciliated wren, Cantorchilus superciliaris – Ecuador, Peru
• Fawn-breasted wren, Cantorchilus guarayanus – Bolivia and southwest Brazil
• Long-billed wren, Cantorchilus longirostris – east Brazil
• Grey wren, Cantorchilus griseus – west Brazil
• Riverside wren, Cantorchilus semibadius – Costa Rica and Panama
• Bay wren, Cantorchilus nigricapillus – Nicaragua to Ecuador
• Stripe-breasted wren, Cantorchilus thoracicus – Nicaragua to Panama
• Stripe-throated wren, Cantorchilus leucopogon – Panama to Ecuador

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.