Thryophilus

Thryophilus
Sinaloa wren (Thryophilus sinaloa)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Troglodytidae
Genus:	Thryophilus Baird, 1864
Type species
Thryothorus rufalbus [1] Lafresnaye, 1845
Species
see text

Thryophilus is a genus of wrens in the family Troglodytidae. Members of the genus are found in Central and South America. The species were previously placed in genus Thryothorus .

Taxonomy

A 2006 molecular phylogenetic study by Nigel Mann and coworkers found that the genus Thryothorus , as then constituted, was paraphyletic. The authors proposed splitting Thryothorus into four genera and resurrecting Pheugopedius and Thryophilus as well as introducing a new genus Cantorchilus . The rearrangement left only a single species, the Carolina wren remaining in the genus Thryothorus. ^[2] The genus Thryophilus had been introduced in 1864 by the American naturalist Spencer Baird with Thryothorus rufalbus Lafresnaye, 1845, the rufous-and-white wren, as the type species. ^{[3] [4]} The genus name combines the Ancient Greek θρυον/thruon meaning "reed" with φιλος/"philos" meaning "lover". ^[5]

Species

The following five species are recognized by the International Ornithological Congress: ^[6]

• Banded wren, Thryophilus pleurostictus – north South America
• Rufous-and-white wren, Thryophilus rufalbus – Mexico to Colombia and Venezuela
• Antioquia wren, Thryophilus sernai – northwest Colombia
• Niceforo's wren, Thryophilus nicefori – central north Colombia
• Sinaloa wren, Thryophilus sinaloa – Mexico

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. Baird, Spencer F. (1864). Review of American Birds in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Part 1. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 181. Washington: Smithsonian Institution. p. 127.
4. 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. 564. ISBN   978-0-9568611-2-2.
5. Jobling, James A. "Thryophilus". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
6. 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.

External links

• Media related to Thryophilus at Wikimedia Commons