Cantorchilus

Cantorchilus
Bay wren (Cantorchilus nigricapillus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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
Species
see text

Cantorchilus is a genus of birds in the wren family. Established by Nigel I. Mann, F. Keith Barker, Jeff A. Graves, Kimberly A. Dingess-Mann and Peter J. B. Slater in 2006, it contains 10 species.^[2] All of the species assigned to it were previously included in the genus Thryothorus.^[3]

Species

• 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

1. "Troglodytididae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
2. "ITIS Report: Cantorchilus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
3. Mann, Nigel I.; Dingess, Kimberly A.; Barker, F. Keith; Graves, Jeff A.; Slater, Peter J. B. (January 2009). "A Comparative Study of Song Form and Duetting in Neotropical Thryothorus Wrens". Behaviour. 146 (1): 1–43. doi:10.1163/156853908x390913. JSTOR 40296085.