Cinnycerthia

Cinnycerthia
	Sepia-brown wren (Cinnycerthia olivascens)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Troglodytidae
Genus:	Cinnycerthia; Lesson, 1844

Cinnycerthia is a genus of bird in the wren family, Troglodytidae. It contains four species which inhabit the undergrowth of montane forests in the Andes.^[1] None of them are considered to be threatened with extinction and they are classified as species of Least Concern by BirdLife International.^[2] They are 14–16.5 cm long and have a fairly short bill and fairly plain reddish-brown plumage with dark bars on the wings and tail.^[1] The name of the genus is a combination of Cinnyris, a genus of sunbirds, and Certhia, a genus of treecreepers.^[3]

Species list[]

The genus contains the following species:^[4]

Rufous wren (Cinnycerthia unirufa)
Sepia-brown wren (Cinnycerthia olivascens)
Peruvian wren (Cinnycerthia peruana)
Fulvous wren (Cinnycerthia fulva)

The sepia-brown and fulvous wrens were formerly treated as subspecies of the Peruvian wren.^[5]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Ridgely, Robert S. and Guy Tudor (1994) The Birds of South America, volume 2: the Suboscine Passerines, University of Texas Press.
^ BirdLife International. Cinnycerthia. Accessed 8 November 2011.
^ Jobling, James A. (2010) Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names, 2nd ed., Christopher Helm, London.
^ Gill, F. and D. Donsker, eds. (2011): Sugarbirds, Starlings, Thrushes Archived March 24, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, IOC World Bird Names (Version 2.10). Accessed 8 November 2011.
^ Remsen, J. V., Jr., C. D. Cadena, A. Jaramillo, M. Nores, J. F. Pacheco, J. Pérez-Emán, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, D. F. Stotz and K. J. Zimmer (2011) Vireonidae to Sturnidae, A classification of the bird species of South America, American Ornithologists' Union. Accessed 8 November 2011.

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[Ridgely-1] Ridgely, Robert S. and Guy Tudor (1994) The Birds of South America, volume 2: the Suboscine Passerines, University of Texas Press.

[2] BirdLife International. Cinnycerthia. Accessed 8 November 2011.

[3] Jobling, James A. (2010) Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names, 2nd ed., Christopher Helm, London.

[4] Gill, F. and D. Donsker, eds. (2011): Sugarbirds, Starlings, Thrushes Archived March 24, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, IOC World Bird Names (Version 2.10). Accessed 8 November 2011.

[5] Remsen, J. V., Jr., C. D. Cadena, A. Jaramillo, M. Nores, J. F. Pacheco, J. Pérez-Emán, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, D. F. Stotz and K. J. Zimmer (2011) Vireonidae to Sturnidae, A classification of the bird species of South America, American Ornithologists' Union. Accessed 8 November 2011.

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