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Wrens
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Cactus Wren
Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus

Cactus Wren
Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Troglodytidae
Swainson, 1832
Genera


Odontorchilus
Salpinctes
Microcerculus
Campylorhynchus
Catherpes
Hylorchilus
Thryomanes
Thryothorus
Cinnycerthia
Cantorchilus
Thryophilus
Pheugopedius
Cyphorhinus
Uropsila
Thryorchilus
Henicorhina
Troglodytes
Cistothorus
Ferminia


The wrens are passerine birds in the mainly New World family Troglodytidae. There are about 80 species of true wrens in about 20 genera, though the name is also ascribed to other unrelated birds throughout the world.

Troglodyte means "cave-dweller," and the wrens get their scientific name from the tendency of some species to forage in dark crevices. They are mainly small and inconspicuous except for their loud songs. These birds have short wings and a thin down-turned bill. Several species often hold their tails upright. All are insectivorous.

They range in size from the White-bellied Wren (Uropsila leucogastra), which averages under 10 cm (4 inches) and 9 grams, to the Giant Wren (Campylorhynchus chiapensis), which averages at about 22 cm (8.7 inches) and 50 grams (1.8 oz).

Only one species occurs in the Old World, where it is commonly known simply as the "Wren"; it is called Winter Wren in North America.

The 27 Australasian "wren" species in the family Maluridae are unrelated, as are the New Zealand wrens in the family Acanthisittidae.

Species list in taxonomic order

Revised following Martínez Gómez et al. (2005) and Mann et al. (2006). The Black-capped Donacobius is an enigmatic species traditionally placed with the wrens more for lack of a more apparent alternative and/or thorough study. It was more recently determined to be most likely closer to certain "warblers", possibly the newly-established Megaluridae, and might constitute a monotypic family (Alström et al. 2006).
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Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii)
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Winter Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Stamp FR 345 of Postverk Føroya, Faroe Islands
Issued: 22 February 1999
Artist: Astrid Andreasen

References

  • Alström, Per; Ericson, Per G.P.; Olsson, Urban & Sundberg, Per (2006): Phylogeny and classification of the avian superfamily Sylvioidea. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 38(2): 381–397. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.05.015
  • Mann, Nigel I.; Barker, F. Keith; Graves, Jeff A.; Dingess-Mann, Kimberly A. & Slater, Peter J. B. (2006): Molecular data delineate four genera of "Thryothorus" wrens. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 40: 750–759. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.04.014 (HTML abstract)
  • Martínez Gómez, Juan E.; Barber, Bruian R. & Peterson, A. Townsend (2005): Phylogenetic position and generic placement of the Socorro Wren (Thryomanes sissonii). Auk 122(1): 50–56. [English with Spanish abstract] DOI:10.1642/0004-8038(2005)122[0050:PPAGPO]2.0.CO;2 PDF fulltext

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Wren may refer to:

General

  • Wren — a small bird from one of three families:
  • Troglodytidae, the true wrens

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C. brunneicapillus

Binomial name
Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
Lafresnaye, 1835

The Cactus Wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
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Chordata
Bateson, 1885

Typical Classes

See below

Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
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Aves
Linnaeus, 1758

Orders

About two dozen - see section below

Birds (class Aves) are bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrate animals.
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Passeriformes
Linnaeus, 1758

Suborders
  • Acanthisitti
  • Tyranni
  • Passeri


A passerine is a bird of the giant order Passeriformes. More than half of all species of bird are passerines.
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William John Swainson FLS, FRS (October 8, 1789 - December 6, 1855), was an English ornithologist, malacologist, conchologist, entomologist and artist.

Swainson was born in Dover Place, St.
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Odontorchilus

Odontorchilus is a genus of bird in the Troglodytidae family. It contains the following species:
  • Grey-mantled Wren (Odontorchilus branickii)
  • Tooth-billed Wren (Odontorchilus cinereus)

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Salpinctes
Cabanis, 1847

Species: S. obsoletus

Binomial name
Salpinctes obsoletus
(Say, 1823)


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Microcerculus
P L Scatler 1862

Microcerculus is a genus of bird in the wren family Troglodytidae. It contains the following species:
  • Wing-banded Wren (Microcerculus bambla)
  • Southern Nightingale-wren (

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Campylorhynchus
Spix, 1824

Species

Many, see text

Campylorhynchus is a genus of wrens.

Species

  • Band-backed Wren Campylorhynchus zonatus
  • Bicolored Wren Campylorhynchus griseus

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Catherpes
Baird, 1858

Species: C. mexicanus

Binomial name
Catherpes mexicanus
(Swainson, 1829)

The Canyon Wren (
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Hylorchilus

Hylorchilus is a genus of bird in the Troglodytidae family. It contains the following species:
  • Nava's Wren (Hylorchilus navai)
  • Sumichrast's Wren (Hylorchilus sumichrasti)

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Thryomanes
Sclater, 1862

Species: T. bewickii

Binomial name
Thryomanes bewickii
(Audubon, 1829)

Subspecies
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Thryothorus

Species: T. ludovicianus

Binomial name
Thryothorus ludovicianus
(Latham, 1790)


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Cinnycerthia

Cinnycerthia is a genus of bird in the Troglodytidae family. It contains the following species:
  • Fulvous Wren (Cinnycerthia fulva)
  • Sharpe's Wren (Cinnycerthia olivascens)
  • Peruvian Wren (

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U. leucogastra

Binomial name
Uropsila leucogastra
(Goul, 1837)

The White-bellied Wren (Uropsila leucogastra) is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family.
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T. browni

Binomial name
Thryorchilus browni
(Bangs, 1902)

The Timberline Wren (Thryorchilus browni) is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family.
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Henicorhina

Species

Henicorhina leucophrys Henicorhina leucoptera Henicorhina leucosticta Henicorhina negreti

Henicorhina is the wood-wren genus; these are birds in the family Troglodytidae.
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Troglodytes
Vieillot, 1809

Species

See text.

Troglodytes[1] is a genus of small passerine birds in the wren family. These wrens are around 11 or 12 cm long.
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Cistothorus
Cabanis, 1850

Species

see text

Cistothorus is a genus of birds in the Troglodytidae family.

It contains the following species:
  • Apolinar's Wren (Cistothorus apolinari)
  • Mérida Wren (

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Ferminia
Barbour, 1926

Species: F. cerverai

Binomial name
Ferminia cerverai
Barbour, 1926

The Zapata Wren,
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Passeriformes
Linnaeus, 1758

Suborders
  • Acanthisitti
  • Tyranni
  • Passeri


A passerine is a bird of the giant order Passeriformes. More than half of all species of bird are passerines.
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The New World is one of the names used for the Americas. When the term originated in the late 15th century, the Americas were new to the Europeans, who previously thought of the world as consisting only of Europe, Asia, and Africa (collectively, the Old World).
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