Cantorchilus
| Cantorchilus | |
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| Bay wren (Cantorchilus nigricapillus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
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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]
- Stripe-breasted wren (Cantorchilus thoracicus)
- Stripe-throated wren (Cantorchilus leucopogon)
- Cabanis's wren (Cantorchilus modestus)
- Canebrake wren (Cantorchilus zeledoni)
- Isthmian wren (Cantorchilus elutus)
- Riverside wren (Cantorchilus semibadius)
- Bay wren (Cantorchilus nigricapillus)
- Superciliated wren (Cantorchilus superciliaris)
- Buff-breasted wren (Cantorchilus leucotis) (probably not monophyletic)
- Fawn-breasted wren (Cantorchilus guarayanus)
- Long-billed wren (Cantorchilus longirostris)
- Grey wren (Cantorchilus griseus)
References
- ^ "Troglodytididae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Jobling, James A. "Cantorchilus". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
- ^ 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.
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