Thryothorus

Long-billed wren Thryothorus longirostris, copyright Nina Wenóli.

Belongs within: Troglodytidae.

Thryothorus is a genus of wrens with a relatively broad tail, long hallux and concealed white spots on the rump.

<==Thryothorus Vieillot 1816 [=Tryothorus (l. c.); incl. Sphenura Lichtenstein 1822; Sphenuridae]B94
|--+--+--T. rufalbus Lafresnaye 1845JT12, L03 [=Thriothorus rufalbusL03]
| | | |--T. r. rufalbusL03
| | | |--T. r. castanonotus (Ridgway 1888) (see below for synonymy)L03
| | | `--T. r. cumanensis (Cabanis 1860) (see below for synonymy)L03
| | `--+--T. pleurostictusJT12
| | `--T. sinaloaJT12
| `--+--+--T. leucopogonJT12
| | `--T. thoracicusJT12
| `--+--T. modestusJT12
| | |--T. m. modestusE52
| | `--T. m. elutusE52
| `--+--+--T. nigricapillusJT12
| | | |--T. n. nigricapillusL03
| | | |--T. n. castaneus Lawrence 1861L03
| | | `--T. n. connectens (Chapman 1912) [=Thryophilus nigricapillus connectens]L03
| | `--T. semibadiusJT12
| `--+--T. superciliarisJT12
| `--+--T. longirostrisJT12 [=Sphenura longirostrisN87]
| `--+--T. guarayanusJT12
| `--T. leucotis Lafresnaye 1845JT12, L03
| |--T. l. leucotis [incl. Thryophilus pallescens Lawrence ex Ridgway 1904]L03
| |--T. l. galbraithii Lawrence 1861L03
| `--T. l. hypoleucus (Berlepsch & Hartert 1901) [=Thryophilus albipectus hypoleucus]L03
`--+--T. fasciatoventrisJT12
| |--T. f. fasciatoventrisE52
| `--T. f. albigularisE52
`--+--+--T. genibarbisJT12
| | |--T. g. genibarbisL03
| | `--T. g. intercedens Hellmayr 1908L03
| `--+--T. mystacalisJT12
| | |--T. m. mystacalisL03
| | |--T. m. amaurogaster (Chapman 1914) [=Pheugopedius mystacalis amaurogaster, T. genibarbis amaurogaster]L03
| | `--T. m. macrurus Allen 1889L03
| `--+--T. coraya (Gmelin 1789)JT12, L03
| | |--T. c. coraya [incl. Formicivora griseigula Lawrence 1883]L03
| | |--T. c. caurensis Berlepsch & Hartert 1902 [=T. griseipectus caurensis]L03
| | |--T. c. griseipectus Sharpe 1881 [incl. Pheugopedius sunensis Chapman 1925]L03
| | `--T. c. obscurus Zimmer & Phelps 1947L03
| `--T. euophrysJT12
| |--T. e. euophrysL03
| |--T. e. atriceps (Chapman 1924) [=Pheugopedius atriceps]L03
| `--T. e. longipes Allen 1889 [incl. T. goodfellowi Sclater 1901]L03
`--+--T. atrogularisJT12
`--+--+--T. felixJT12
| `--T. sclateriJT12
| |--T. s. sclateriL03
| `--T. s. columbianus (Chapman 1924) [=Pheugopedius sclateri columbianus]L03
`--+--T. maculipectusJT12
| |--T. m. maculipectusL03
| `--T. m. varians (Griscom 1930) [=Pheugopedius maculipectus varians]L03
`--T. rutilusJT12

Thryothorus incertae sedis:
T. albinuchaBKB15
|--T. a. albinuchaL03
`--T. a. subfulvus Miller & Griscom 1925L03
T. albipectusSS66
‘Sphenura’ brachypteraN87
T. eisenmanniJT12
T. griseusJT12
T. ludovicianusBKB15
|--T. l. ludovicianusL03
`--T. l. lomitensis Sennett 1890L03
T. martinicensis Sclater 1866S66
T. niceforiJT12
T. spadixJT12

Thryothorus rufalbus castanonotus (Ridgway 1888) [=Thryophilus rufalbus castanonotus; incl. Thryothorus rufalbus skutchi Phillips 1986]L03

Thryothorus rufalbus cumanensis (Cabanis 1860) [=Troglodytes cumanensis; incl. Thryophilus rufalbus cumanensis Chapman in Phelps 1897 non Troglodytes cumanensis Cabanis 1860]L03

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[B94] Bock, W. J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1–281.

[BKB15] Burleigh, J. G., R. T. Kimball & E. L. Braun. 2015. Building the avian tree of life using a large-scale, sparse supermatrix. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84: 53–63.

[E52] Eisenmann, E. 1952. Annotated list of birds of Barro Colorado Island, Panama Canal Zone. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 117 (5): 1–62.

[JT12] Jetz, W., G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann & A. Ø. Mooers. 2012. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature 491: 444–448.

[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.

[N87] North, A. J. 1887. List of references to authentic descriptions of Australian birds’ eggs. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, series 2, 1 (4): 1163–1174.

[S66] Sclater, P. L. 1866. Descriptions of six new species of American Oscines. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 320–324.

[SS66] Sclater, P. L., & O. Salvin. 1866. Catalogue of birds collected by Mr. E. Bartlett on the River Uyacali, Eastern Peru, with notes and descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 175–201.

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