Henicorhina
Encyclopedia
Henicorhina is the wood-wren genus
; these are bird
s in the family
Troglodytidae. It contains the following species:
These species live in South and Central America.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
; these are bird
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
s in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Troglodytidae. It contains the following species:
- Bar-winged Wood-wrenBar-winged Wood-WrenThe Bar-winged Wood-Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family.It is found locally in humid Andean forest in southern Ecuador and northern Peru....
, Henicorhina leucoptera - Grey-breasted Wood-wrenGrey-breasted Wood-WrenThe Grey-breasted Wood-Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family.It is found at low levels in wooded montane areas of Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico.It prefers humid regions. It is generally fairly...
, Henicorhina leucophrys - White-breasted Wood-WrenWhite-breasted Wood-WrenThe White-breasted Wood-Wren, Henicorhina leucosticta, is a small songbird of the wren family. It is a resident breeding species from central Mexico to northeastern Peru and Surinam.-Description:...
, Henicorhina leucosticta - Munchique Wood-wrenMunchique Wood-wrenThe Munchique Wood-Wren is a member of the wren family , described as new to science in 2003. It was first observed by Steven Hilty in the 1980s and not described until detailed studies by Paul Salaman, Paul Coopmans, Thomas Donegan and others in the region in 2001...
, Henicorhina negreti
These species live in South and Central America.