Peruvian wren

The Peruvian wren (Cinnycerthia peruana) is a species of bird in the family Troglodytidae. It formerly included the sepia-brown wren or Sharpe's wren (C. olivascens) and the fulvous wren (C. fulva) as subspecies, but with all three under the common name sepia-brown wren. As presently defined, the Peruvian wren is endemic to dense undergrowth of humid Andean forests in Peru.

Peruvian wren
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Troglodytidae
Genus: Cinnycerthia
Species:
C. peruana
Binomial name
Cinnycerthia peruana
(Cabanis, 1873)

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Cinnycerthia peruana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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