The grey-browed wren (Pheugopedius schulenbergi) is a small passerine bird in the wren family Troglodytidae. It is found in northern Peru north of the Río Marañón. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the plain-tailed wren.

Grey-browed wren
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Troglodytidae
Genus: Pheugopedius
Species:
P. schulenbergi
Binomial name
Pheugopedius schulenbergi
(Parker, TA & O'Neill, 1985)

Taxonomy

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The grey-browed wren was formally described in 1985 by the American ornithologists Theodore A. Parker III and John P. O'Neill based on a specimen that had been collected at an altitude of 2,713 m (8,901 ft) in the Cordillera de Colán of the Amazonas region of northern Peru. They considered the specimen to be a subspecies of the plain-tailed wren and coined the trinomial name Thryothorus euophrys schulenbergi where the specific epithet was chosen to honour Thomas S. Schulenberg who had collected the holotype.[2] It is now treated as a separate species based on the distinctive vocalizations and some morphological differences.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Pheugopedius schulenbergi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103888330A104217373. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103888330A104217373.en. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  2. ^ Parker, T.A.; O'Neill, J.P. (1985). "A new species and a new subspecies of Thryothorus wren from Peru". Ornithological Monographs. 36: 9-15 [12-15]. doi:10.2307/40168273. JSTOR 40168273.
  3. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2024). "Dapple-throats, sugarbirds, fairy-bluebirds, kinglets, hyliotas, wrens & gnatcatchers". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  4. ^ Freeman, Benjamin G.; Montgomery, Graham A. (2017). "Using song playback experiments to measure species recognition between geographically isolated populations: A comparison with acoustic trait analyses". The Auk. 134 (4): 857–870. doi:10.1642/AUK-17-63.1.