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Cistothorus

Genus of birds

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Taxonomy

The genus Cistothorus was circumscribed by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1850. The type species is the sedge wren (Cistothorus stellaris).

Species

The genus contains five species:

  • Sedge wren, Cistothorus stellaris – northern Mexico, United States and southern Canada
  • Mérida wren, Cistothorus meridae – Venezuelan Andes
  • Apolinar's wren, Cistothorus apolinari – Colombian Andes
  • Grass wren, Cistothorus platensis – central and South America
  • Marsh wren, Cistothorus palustris – Mexico, United States and southern Canada

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.

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