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Cinnycerthia
Sign in to saveCinnycerthia is a genus of bird in the wren family, Troglodytidae. It contains four species which inhabit the undergrowth of montane forests in the Andes. None of them are considered to be threatened with extinction and they are classified as species of Least Concern by BirdLife International. 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. The name of the genus is a combination of Cinnyris, a genus of sunbirds, and Certhia, a genus of treecreepers.
Species
Rufous Wren
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyTroglodytidae
Vogels Cinnycerthia is een geslacht van zangvogels uit de familie winterkoningen (Troglodytidae). Soorten Het geslacht kent de volgende soorten:[1] Cinnycerthia fulva (Vosbruine winterkoning) Cinnycerthia olivascens (Sharpes winterkoning) Cinnycerthia peruana (Sepiabruine winterkoning) Cinnycerthia unirufa (Rossige winterkoning) Bronnen, noten en/of referenties ↑ Gill, F., Wright, M. & Donsker, D. (2010). IOC World Bird Names (version 2.6). (en)
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Troglodytidae
- Collections
- CLO, ANSP, KU, LSUMZ
- Recorded in
- Peru, Ecuador
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Encyclopedic overview
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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. None of them are considered to be threatened with extinction and they are classified as species of Least Concern by BirdLife International. 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. The name of the genus is a combination of Cinnyris, a genus of sunbirds, and Certhia, a genus of treecreepers.
==Species list== The genus contains the following species: Rufous wren (Cinnycerthia unirufa) Sepia-brown wren (Cinnycerthia olivascens) Peruvian wren (Cinnycerthia peruana) Fulvous wren (Cinnycerthia fulva)
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cinnycerthia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.