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Cistothorus
Sign in to saveCistothorus is a genus of small passerine birds in the wren family. The name Cistothorus is from the Ancient Greek words κιστος (kistos), meaning "bush", and θουρος (thouros), meaning "leaping" or "running through".
Species
Marsh Wren
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyTroglodytidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 35
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Troglodytidae
- Collections
- COA, GNM, USNM, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- United States, Ecuador, Mexico, Canada, Mexico ?, Guyana
Wikidata facts
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- Parent taxon
- Troglodytidae
- Image
- Cistothorus platensis, Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais, Brasil.jpg
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- Cistothorus
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- topic's main category
- Category:Cistothorus
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Encyclopedic overview
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Cistothorus is a genus of small passerine birds in the wren family. The name Cistothorus is from the Ancient Greek words κιστος (kistos), meaning "bush", and θουρος (thouros), meaning "leaping" or "running through".
== Taxonomy == The genus Cistothorus was circumscribed by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1850. The type species is the sedge wren (Cistothorus stellaris).
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