Grey-browed wren explained

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.

Taxonomy

The grey-browed wren was formally described in 1985 by the American ornithologists Theodore A. Parker III and John P. O'Neill based on a specimen that had been collected at an altitude of in the Cordillera de Colán of the Amazonas region of northern Peru. They considered the specimen to be a subspecies of the plain-tailed wren and coined the trinomial name Thryothorus euophrys schulenbergi where the specific epithet was chosen to honour Thomas S. Schulenberg who had collected the holotype.[1] It is now treated as a separate species based on the distinctive vocalizations and some morphological differences.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Parker . T.A. . O'Neill . J.P. . 1985 . A new species and a new subspecies of Thryothorus wren from Peru . Ornithological Monographs . 36 . 9-15 [12-15] . 40168273 . 10.2307/40168273 .
  2. 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 .
  3. Freeman . Benjamin G. . Montgomery . Graham A. . 2017 . Using song playback experiments to measure species recognition between geographically isolated populations: A comparison with acoustic trait analyses . The Auk . 134 . 4 . 857–870 . 10.1642/AUK-17-63.1 . free .