Pheugopedius

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

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

Taxonomy

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 13 species:^[4]

• Black-throated wren (Pheugopedius atrogularis)
• Rufous-breasted wren (Pheugopedius rutilus)
• Moustached wren (Pheugopedius genibarbis)
• Coraya wren (Pheugopedius coraya)
• Plain-tailed wren (Pheugopedius euophrys)
• Grey-browed wren (Pheugopedius schulenbergi)
• Black-bellied wren (Pheugopedius fasciatoventris)
• Sooty-headed wren (Pheugopedius spadix)
• Speckle-breasted wren (Pheugopedius sclateri)
• Happy wren (Pheugopedius felix)
• Inca wren (Pheugopedius eisenmanni)
• Spot-breasted wren (Pheugopedius maculipectus)
• Whiskered wren (Pheugopedius mystacalis)