Cistothorus | |
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Grass wren (Cistothorus platensis) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Troglodytidae |
Genus: | Cistothorus Cabanis, 1851 |
Type species | |
Troglodytes stellaris Naumann, J.F., 1823
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Species | |
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Cistothorus is a genus of small passerine birds in the family Troglodytidae.
The genus Cistothorus was circumscribed by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1850.[1][2][a] The type species is the sedge wren (Cistothorus stellaris).[3][4]
The genus contains five species:[2]
The sedge wren and the grass wren were formerly treated as conspecific. They were split based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014.[5]