Cistothorus
| Cistothorus | |
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| File:Cistothorus palustris CT.jpg | |
| Marsh wren (Cistothorus palustris) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Troglodytidae |
| Genus: | Cistothorus Cabanis, 1851 |
| Type species | |
| Troglodytes stellaris Naumann, J.F., 1823
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Cistothorus is a genus of small passerine birds in the wren family. The name Cistothorus is from the Ancient Greek words κιστος (kistos), meaning "bush", and θουρος (thouros), meaning "leaping" or "running through".
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]The genus Cistothorus was circumscribed by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1850.[1][2][a] The type species is the sedge wren (Cistothorus stellaris).[3][4]
Species
[edit | edit source]The genus contains five species:[2]
- Sedge wren, Cistothorus stellaris – northern Mexico, United States and southern Canada
- Mérida wren, Cistothorus meridae – Venezuelan Andes
- Apolinar's wren, Cistothorus apolinari – Colombian Andes
- Grass wren, Cistothorus platensis – central and South America
- Marsh wren, Cistothorus palustris – Mexico, United States and southern Canada
The sedge wren and the grass wren were formerly treated as conspecific. They were split based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014.[5]
Notes
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