Pheugopedius

Pheugopedius is a genus of wrens in the family Troglodytidae that are found in Central and South America.

Pheugopedius
Rufous-breasted wren (Pheugopedius rutilus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Troglodytidae
Genus: Pheugopedius
Cabanis, 1851
Type species
Pheugopedius genibarbis[1]
Cabanis, 1851

Taxonomy

The genus Pheugopedius was introduced in 1851 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis to accommodate 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]

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.


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