Musician wren
species of bird
The musician wren or organ wren (Cyphorhinus arada) is a species of wren named for its elaborate song. It is native to the Amazon rainforest in South America, from the lowlands into the foothills of the Andes.
Taxonomy and systematics
At one time the musician wren and the song wren (Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus) were considered conspecific. They, and possibly chestnut-breasted wren (C. thoracicus), form a superspecies.
The musician wren has the six recognized subspecies listed below. There are vocal and plumage differences among them, and one publication has proposed splitting all six into individual species.
The six subspecies are:
C. a. arada Hermann (1783)
C. a. griseolateralis Ridgway (1888)
C. a. interpositus Todd (1932)
C. a.
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