Pheugopedius Explained

Pheugopedius is a genus of wrens 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 to accommodate a single species, Pheugopedius genibarbis a junior synonym of Thryothorus genibarbis Swainson, 1837, the moustached wren.^{[1] [2]}

The genus contains the following 13 species:^[3]

• Black-throated wren (Pheugopedius atrogularis)
• Rufous-breasted wren (Pheugopedius rutilus)
• Moustached wren (Pheugopedius genibarbis)
• Coraya wren (Pheugopedius coraya)
• Plain-tailed wren (Pheugopedius euophrys)
• Grey-browed wren (Pheugopedius schulenbergi)
• Black-bellied wren (Pheugopedius fasciatoventris)
• Sooty-headed wren (Pheugopedius spadix)
• Speckle-breasted wren (Pheugopedius sclateri)
• Happy wren (Pheugopedius felix)
• Inca wren (Pheugopedius eisenmanni)
• Spot-breasted wren (Pheugopedius maculipectus)
• Whiskered wren (Pheugopedius mystacalis)

Notes and References

1. Book: Cabanis, Jean . Jean Cabanis . 1850–1851 . Museum Heineanum : Verzeichniss der ornithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine, auf Gut St. Burchard vor Halberstadt . 1 . German, Latin . Halberstadt . R. Frantz . 79 .
2. Book: Dickinson . E.C. . Edward C. Dickinson . Christidis . L. . Leslie Christidis . 2014 . The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World . 2: Passerines . 4th . Eastbourne, UK . Aves Press . 978-0-9568611-2-2 . 562 .
3. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . Rasmussen . Pamela . Pamela C. Rasmussen . August 2024 . Dapple-throats, sugarbirds, fairy-bluebirds, kinglets, hyliotas, wrens & gnatcatchers . IOC World Bird List Version 14.2 . International Ornithologists' Union . 8 October 2024 .