Troglodytidae

Falklands sedge wren Cistothorus platensis falklandicus, photographed by Laurent Demongin.

Belongs within: Certhioidea.
Contains: Troglodytes, Campylorhynchus, Thryothorus.

The Troglodytidae are the wrens, small insectivorous passerine birds with stout legs, short rounded wings, and slender, sharp, usually down-curved bills (Austin 1961). Wrens are mostly found in North and South America, with only a single living species extending its range into Eurasia.

<==Troglodytidae
    |  i. s.: Ferminia cerverai FP64
    |         Heleodytes minor MS55
    |           |--H. m. minor MS55
    |           `--H. m. bicolor MS55
    |         Uropsila leucogastra (Gould 1837) L03
    |           |--U. l. leucogastra [incl. Nannorchilus leucogaster grisescens Griscom 1928] L03
    |           `--U. l. brachyura (Lawrence 1887) [=Troglodytes brachyurus] L03
    |--+--Odontorchilus JF06
    |  |    |--O. branickii L03
    |  |    |    |--O. b. branickii L03
    |  |    |    `--O. b. minor (Hartert 1900) [=Odontorhynchus branickii minor] L03
    |  |    `--O. cinereus JF06
    |  `--+--+--Catherpes mexicanus JF06
    |     |  `--Hylorchilus sumichrasti JF06
    |     `--+--Microcerculus JF06
    |        |    |--M. albigularis Sclater 1858 [=Pheugopedius albigularis] S66
    |        |    |--M. bambla L03 [=Cyphorhinus (Microcerculus) bambla S66]
    |        |    |    |--M. b. bambla L03
    |        |    |    `--M. b. caurensis Berlepsch & Hartert 1902 L03
    |        |    |--M. luscinia Salvin 1866 S66
    |        |    |--M. marginatus Sclater 1855 S66
    |        |    |    |--M. m. marginatus L03
    |        |    |    |--M. m. antioquensis Chapman 1915 [=M. squamulatus antioquensis] L03
    |        |    |    `--M. m. occidentalis Hellmayr 1906 L03
    |        |    |--M. philomela Salvin 1861 [=Cyphorhinus philomela] S66
    |        |    `--M. ustulatus L03
    |        |         |--M. u. ustulatus L03
    |        |         `--M. u. duidae Chapman 1929 L03
    |        `--Salpinctes obsoletus JF06
    |             |--S. o. obsoletus FS55
    |             `--S. o. guttatus FS55
    `--+--+--Troglodytes JF06
       |  |--Thryorchilus browni JF06
       |  `--Cistothorus JF06
       |       |--C. apolinari Chapman 1914 L03
       |       |--C. brevis FP64
       |       |--C. meridae Hellmayr 1907 [=C. platensis meridae] L03
       |       |--C. palustris L03
       |       |    |--C. p. palustris L03
       |       |    `--C. p. marianae Scott 1888 L03
       |       `--C. platensis L03
       |            |--C. p. platensis L03
       |            |--C. p. aequatorialis Lawrence 1871 L03
       |            |--C. p. alticola Salvin & Goodman 1883 [incl. C. p. caracasensis Chapman 1921] L03
       |            |--C. p. falklandicus Chapman 1934 L03
       |            |--C. p. jalapensis Dickerman 1975 L03
       |            |--C. p. tucumanus Hartert in Hartert & Venturi 1909 L03
       |            `--C. p. warneri Dickerman 1975 L03
       `--+--+--Campylorhynchus JF06
          |  `--+--Thryomanes bewickii JF06
          |     |    |--T. b. bewickii L03
          |     |    |--T. b. brevicauda MS55
          |     |    `--T. b. pulichi (Phillips 1986) [=Troglodytes bewickii pulichi] L03
          |     `--‘Thryothorus’ ludovicianus JF06
          |          |--T. l. ludovicianus L03
          |          `--T. l. lomitensis Sennett 1890 L03
          `--+--Henicorhina JF06 [incl. Heterorhina Baird 1864-1866 L03]
             |    |--H. hilaris Berlepsch & Taczanowski 1884 L03
             |    |--H. leucophrys (Tschudi 1844) L03
             |    |    |--H. l. leucophrys [incl. H. l. berlepschi Ridgway 1903] L03
             |    |    |--H. l. brunneiceps Chapman 1914 L03
             |    |    |--H. l. castanea Ridgway 1903 (see below for synonymy) L03
             |    |    `--H. l. venezuelensis Hellmayr 1903 L03
             |    |--H. leucoptera Fitzpatrick, Terborgh & Willard 1977 L03
             |    `--H. leucosticta L03
             |         |--H. l. leucosticta L03
             |         |--H. l. albilateralis Chapman 1917 [=Henicorhina prostheleuca albilateralis] L03
             |         `--H. l. smithei Dickerman 1973 L03
             `--Thryothorus JF06

Henicorhina leucophrys castanea Ridgway 1903 [=Heterorhina griseicollis Baird 1864-1866 non Merulaxis griseicollis Lafresnaye 1840] L03

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

Austin, O. L., Jr. 1961. Birds of the World: A survey of the twenty-seven orders and one hundred and fifty-five families. Paul Hamlyn: London.

[FS55] Felten, H., & J. Steinbacher. 1955. Zur Vogelfauna von El Salvador. Senckenbergiana Biologica 36 (1-2): 9-19.

[FP64] Fisher, J., & R. T. Peterson. 1964. The World of Birds: A comprehensive guide to general ornithology. Macdonald: London.

[JF06] Jønsson, K. A., & J. Fjeldså. 2006. A phylogenetic supertree of oscine passerine birds. Zoologica Scripta 35: 149-186.

[L03] LeCroy, M. 2003. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 5. Passeriformes: Alaudidae, Hirundinidae, Motacillidae, Campephagidae, Pycnonotidae, Irenidae, Laniidae, Vangidae, Bombycillidae, Dulidae, Cinclidae, Troglodytidae, and Mimidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 278: 1-156.

[MS55] Mertens, R., & J. Steinbacher. 1955. Die im Senckenberg-Museum vorhandenen Arten ausgestorbener, aussterbender oder seltener Vögel. Senckenbergiana Biologica 36 (3-4): 241-265.

[S66] Salvin, O. 1866. Descriptions of eight new species of birds from Veragua. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 67-76.