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Pheugopedius

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Pheugopedius
Rufous-breasted wren (Pheugopedius rutilus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Troglodytidae
Genus: Pheugopedius
Cabanis, 1851
Type species
Pheugopedius genibarbis[1]
Cabanis, 1851

Pheugopedius is a genus of wrens in the family Troglodytidae that are found in Central and South America.

Taxonomy

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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.[2][3]

The genus contains the following 12 species:[4]

References

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