Cantorchilus

Cantorchilus is a genus of birds in the wren family Troglodytidae. The genus was introduced in 2006 and contains twelve species.

Cantorchilus
Bay wren (Cantorchilus nigricapillus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Troglodytidae
Genus:	Cantorchilus Mann, Barker, Graves, Dingess-Mann & Slater 2006
Type species
Thryothorus longirostris[1] Vieillot, 1819
Species
see text

Taxonomy

The genus Cantorchilus was introduced in 2006 by Nigel Mann and coworkers with the type species as Thryothorus longirostris Vieillot, 1819, the long-billed wren.^[2][3] The genus name combines the Latin cantus meaning "song" with the Ancient Greek ορχιλος/orkhilos meaning "wren".^[4]

Species

The genus contain 12 species:^[5]

• Cabanis's wren, Cantorchilus modestus – south Mexico to Costa Rica
• Canebrake wren, Cantorchilus zeledoni – east Nicaragua, east Costa Rica and northwest Panama
• Isthmian wren, Cantorchilus elutus – southwest Costa Rica and west Panama
• Buff-breasted wren, Cantorchilus leucotis – Panama through Amazonia
• Superciliated wren, Cantorchilus superciliaris – Ecuador, Peru
• Fawn-breasted wren, Cantorchilus guarayanus – Bolivia and southwest Brazil
• Long-billed wren, Cantorchilus longirostris – east Brazil
• Grey wren, Cantorchilus griseus – west Brazil
• Riverside wren, Cantorchilus semibadius – Costa Rica and Panama
• Bay wren, Cantorchilus nigricapillus – Nicaragua to Ecuador
• Stripe-breasted wren, Cantorchilus thoracicus – Nicaragua to Panama
• Stripe-throated wren, Cantorchilus leucopogon – Panama to Ecuador