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''Pheugopedius'' is a
genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
wrens Wrens are a family (biology), family, Troglodytidae, of small brown passerine birds. The family includes 96 species and is divided into 19 genus, genera. All species are restricted to the New World except for the Eurasian wren that is widely di ...
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 Jean Louis Cabanis (8 March 1816 – 20 February 1906) was a German ornithologist. He worked at the bird collections of the Natural History Museum in Berlin becoming its first curator of birds in 1850. He founded the ''Journal für Ornithologie ...
to accommodate a single species, ''Pheugopedius genibarbis'' a
junior synonym In taxonomy, the scientific classification of living organisms, a synonym is an alternative scientific name for the accepted scientific name of a taxon. The botanical and zoological codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently. ...
of ''Thryothorus genibarbis'' Swainson, 1837, the moustached wren. The genus contains the following 13 species: * Black-throated wren (''Pheugopedius atrogularis'') * Rufous-breasted wren (''Pheugopedius rutilus'') * Moustached wren (''Pheugopedius genibarbis'') * Coraya wren (''Pheugopedius coraya'') *
Plain-tailed wren The plain-tailed wren (''Pheugopedius euophrys'') is a species of songbird in the family Troglodytidae. It has a mostly rufous body with a gray, black, and white striped head. It is found in the Andes of southern Colombia, Ecuador, and northern ...
(''Pheugopedius euophrys'') *
Grey-browed wren The grey-browed wren (''Pheugopedius schulenbergi'') is a small passerine bird in the wren family Troglodytidae. It is found in northern Peru north of the Río Marañón. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the plain-tailed wren. ...
(''Pheugopedius schulenbergi'') * Black-bellied wren (''Pheugopedius fasciatoventris'') * Sooty-headed wren (''Pheugopedius spadix'') * Speckle-breasted wren (''Pheugopedius sclateri'') *
Happy wren The happy wren (''Pheugopedius felix'') is a species of bird in the family Troglodytidae. It is Endemism, endemic to the Pacific slope of western Mexico, from the state of Sonora (state), Sonora to the state of Oaxaca (state), Oaxaca, and also o ...
(''Pheugopedius felix'') * Inca wren (''Pheugopedius eisenmanni'') * Spot-breasted wren (''Pheugopedius maculipectus'') * Whiskered wren (''Pheugopedius mystacalis'')


References

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