Pheugopedius

Pheugopedius is a genus of wrens in the family Troglodytidae that are found in Central and South America. These species were formerly placed in the genus Thryothorus.

==Taxonomy== A 2006 molecular phylogenetic study by Nigel Mann and coworkers found that the genus Thryothorus, as then constituted, was paraphyletic. The authors proposed splitting Thryothorus into four genera and resurrecting Pheugopedius and Thryophilus as well as introducing a new genus Cantorchilus. This rearrangement left only a single species, the Carolina wren remaining in the genus Thryothorus. The proposal was accepted by other ornithologist. The genus Pheugopedius had been 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.