Pheugopedius

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Pheugopedius
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Rufous-breasted wren (Pheugopedius rutilus)
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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

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 accomodate a single species, Pheugopedius genibarbis a junior synonym of Thryothorus genibarbis Swainson, 1837, the moustached wren. [2] [3]

The genus contains the following 12 species: [4]

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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. (July 2023). "Dapple-throats, sugarbirds, fairy-bluebirds, kinglets, hyliotas, wrens & gnatcatchers". IOC World Bird List Version 13.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 12 August 2023.