Thryophilus
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| Thryophilus | |
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| Sinaloa wren (Thryophilus sinaloa) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Troglodytidae |
| Genus: | Thryophilus Baird, 1864 |
| Type species | |
| Thryothorus rufalbus[1] Lafresnaye, 1845 | |
| Species | |
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Thryophilus is a genus of wrens in the family Troglodytidae. Members of the genus are found in Central and South America. The species were previously placed in genus Thryothorus.
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. The rearrangement left only a single species, the Carolina wren remaining in the genus Thryothorus.[2] The genus Thryophilus had been introduced in 1864 by the American naturalist Spencer Baird with Thryothorus rufalbus Lafresnaye, 1845, the rufous-and-white wren, as the type species.[3][4] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek θρυον/thruon meaning "reed" with φιλος/"philos" meaning "lover".[5]
