Sepia-brown wren

The sepia-brown wren or Sharpe's wren (Cinnycerthia olivascens) is a species of bird in the family Troglodytidae. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Peruvian wren (C. peruana), but under the common name sepia-brown wren. As presently defined, the sepia-brown wren is found in dense undergrowth of humid Andean forests in Colombia, Ecuador, and northern Peru.

Sepia-brown wren
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Troglodytidae
Genus: Cinnycerthia
Species:
C. olivascens
Binomial name
Cinnycerthia olivascens
Sharpe, 1881
Synonyms

Cinnicerthia olivascens

The common name commemorates the British zoologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe.[2]

Illustration by Keulemans, 1881

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Cinnycerthia olivascens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 309.


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