Northern chestnut-breasted wren

Northern chestnut-breasted wren
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Troglodytidae
Genus:	Cyphorhinus
Species:	C. dichrous
Binomial name
Cyphorhinus dichrous Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1879

The northern chestnut-breasted wren (Cyphorhinus dichrous) is a species of passerine bird in the wren family Troglodytidae that is found in central Colombia, Ecuador and northern Peru. It was formerly considered as a subspecies of the chestnut-breasted wren (Cyphorhinus thoracicus) now renamed the southern chestnut-breasted wren.

Taxonomy

The northern chestnut-breasted wren was formally described in 1879 by the English ornithologists Philip Sclater and Osbert Salvin based on a specimen collected near the town of Remedios in Colombia. They coined the binomial name Cyphorhinus dichrous where the specific epithet is from Ancient Greek meaning "two-coloured". ^{[2] [3] [4]} The northern chestnut-breasted wren was formerly considered as a subspecies of the chestnut-breasted wren (Cyphorhinus thoracicus) now renamed the southern chestnut-breasted wren. The species were split based on the significant vocal differences despite the minor difference in plumage color. The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised. ^[5]

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Cyphorhinus dichrous". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103889940A104218284.en . Retrieved 26 October 2024.
2. Sclater, Philip Lutley; Salvin, Osbert (1879). "On birds collected by the late Mr. T. K. Salmon in the state of Antioquia, United States of Colombia". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: 486-550 [492-493, Plate 41].
3. Mayr, Ernst; Greenway, James C. Jr, eds. (1960). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 9. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 437.
4. Jobling, James A. "dichrous". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
5. 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 26 October 2024.