Cantorchilus

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

Cantorchilus
Riverside wren (Cantorchilus semibadius)
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]

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
	Cantorchilus modestus	Cabanis's wren
	Cantorchilus zeledoni	Canebrake wren
	Cantorchilus elutus	Isthmian wren
	Cantorchilus leucotis	Buff-breasted wren	northern half of South America
	Cantorchilus superciliaris	Superciliated wren	western Ecuador, northwestern Peru
	Cantorchilus guarayanus	Fawn-breasted wren	northern Bolivia, southwestern Brazil
	Cantorchilus longirostris	Long-billed wren	Caatinga, Atlantic Forest
	Cantorchilus griseus	Grey wren	western Amazonia
	Cantorchilus semibadius	Riverside wren
	Cantorchilus nigricapillus	Bay wren
	Cantorchilus thoracicus	Stripe-breasted wren
-	Cantorchilus leucopogon	Stripe-throated wren