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Grey-breasted Wood Wren
Henicorhina leucophrys (Tschudi, JJ 1844)
The grey-breasted wood wren is a species of bird in the family Troglodytidae. It is found from Mexico to Bolivia. Source: Wikipedia
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Passeriformes
Family:
Troglodytidae
Genus:
Henicorhina
Scientific:
Henicorhina leucophrys
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Troglodytidae
Genus:
Henicorhina
Scientific:
Henicorhina leucophrys
Original description
Citation:
(Tschudi, JJ 1844)
Reference:
Arch. Naturgesch.
10, bd.1 p.282
Protonym:
Troglodytes leucophrys
Type locality:
Peru.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/31399#page/290/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
57420691A32A007C
Avibase ID:
avibase-57420691
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/57420691
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 560405
Geographic range:
- Henicorhina leucophrys: disjunctly in humid montane forest from Jalisco and San Luis Potosi (west- and east-central Mexico) southwards to northern Nicaragua, and from northwestern Costa Rica to far northwestern Colombia, in coastal mountains of northern Venezuela (Falcón eastwards to Miranda), Santa Marta and Perijá mountains, Andes of western Venezuela southwards to northern Peru north and west of the Rio Marañon, and eastern Andes from northern Peru to central Bolivia (western Santa Cruz)
- Henicorhina leucophrys leucophrys: Andes of Colombia to Ecuador and Peru
- Henicorhina leucophrys hilaris: subtropical mountains of southwestern Ecuador
- Henicorhina leucophrys boliviana: subtropical mountains of western Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz, and Santa Cruz)
- Henicorhina leucophrys mexicana: eastern Mexico (San Luis Potosí to Puebla, Veracruz, and northern Oaxaca)
- Henicorhina leucophrys festiva: western Mexico (cloud forest of western Michoacán and Guerrero)
- Henicorhina leucophrys castanea: far southern Mexico (Chiapas) and northern Guatemala
- Henicorhina leucophrys capitalis: southern Mexico (western Chiapas) to western Guatemala and El Salvador
- Henicorhina leucophrys collina: highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama (Chiriquí and Veraguas)
- Henicorhina leucophrys brunneiceps: Andes of southwestern Colombia to far northern Ecuador (Imbabura)
- Henicorhina leucophrys bangsi: subtropical and upper tropical Santa Marta Mountains (northeastern Colombia)
- Henicorhina leucophrys manastarae: Serrania de Perijá (Colombia/Venezuela)
- Henicorhina leucophrys meridana: east slope of Andes of Colombia and western Venezuela
- Henicorhina leucophrys venezuelensis: subtropical coastal cordillera of northern Venezuela (Lara to Miranda)
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Source: Clements checklist
Grey-breasted Wood-Wren
Bulgarian:
Сивогърдо орехче
Catalan:
cargolet pitgrís
Czech:
střízlík šedoprsý
Danish:
Gråbrystet Skovsmutte
German:
Einsiedlerzaunkönig
Esperanto:
grizbrusta troglodito
Spanish:
Cucarachero Pechigrís
Spanish (Spain):
Cucarachero Pechigrís
Estonian:
mägi-pardkäblik
Finnish:
harmaametsäpeukaloinen
French:
Troglodyte à poitrine grise
Croatian:
sivoprsi palčić
Hungarian:
szürkehasú erdeiökörszem
Italian:
Scricciolo boschereccio pettogrigio
Japanese (romaji):
haimunemorimisosazai
Japanese:
ハイムネモリミソサザイ
Lithuanian:
pilkakrūtė miškinė karietaitė
Dutch:
Grijze Boswinterkoning
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Gråbrystskogsmett
Norwegian:
Gråbrystskogsmett
Polish:
stokowczyk szaropierśny
Portuguese:
corruíra-de-peito-cinzento
Portuguese (Portugal):
carriça-de-peito-cinzento
Russian:
Серогрудый крапивник
Slovak:
oriešok sivoprsý
Serbian:
Sivogrudi šumski carić
Swedish:
gråbröstad skogsgärdsmyg
Turkish:
Gri göğüslü çıtkuşu
Ukrainian:
Тріщук сіроволий
Chinese:
灰胸林鹩
Chinese (Traditional):
灰胸林鷦鷯
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 59th suppl.): Gray-breasted Wood-Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) |
| American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 60th suppl.): Gray-breasted Wood-Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) |
| American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl.): Gray-breasted Wood-Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) |
| American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl. and addendum): Gray-breasted Wood-Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) |
| American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 62nd suppl.): Gray-breasted Wood-Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) |
| American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 63rd suppl.): Gray-breasted Wood-Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) |
| American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 64th suppl.): Gray-breasted Wood-Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) |
| American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 65th suppl.): Gray-breasted Wood-Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) |
| American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 66th suppl.): Gray-breasted Wood-Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Grey-breasted Wood-Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Grey-breasted Wood-Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Grey-breasted Wood-Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Grey-breasted Wood-Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Grey-breasted Wood-Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Grey-breasted Wood-Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Grey-breasted Wood-Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Grey-breasted Wood-Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Grey-breasted Wood-Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| Avilist 2025: Grey-breasted Wood Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Grey-breasted Wood-wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Grey-breasted Wood-wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Grey-breasted Wood-wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Grey-breasted Wood-wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Grey-breasted Wood-wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Grey-breasted Wood-wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Grey-breasted Wood-wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Grey-breasted Wood-wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Grey-breasted Wood-wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Grey-breasted Wood-wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Grey-breasted Wood-wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Grey-breasted Wood-wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Gray-breasted Wood-Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Gray-breasted Wood-Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Gray-breasted Wood-Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: Gray-breasted Wood-Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2025: Gray-breasted Wood-Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Gray-breasted Wood-Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Gray-breasted Wood-Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Gray-breasted Wood-Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Gray-breasted Wood-Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Gray-breasted Wood-Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Gray-breasted Wood-Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Gray-breasted Wood-Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Gray-breasted Wood-Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Gray-breasted Wood-Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Gray-breasted Wood-Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Gray-breasted Wood-Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Gray-breasted Wood-Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2025: Gray-breasted Wood-Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Grey-breasted Wood-wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Grey-breasted Wood-wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Grey-breasted Wood-wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Grey-breasted Wood Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Grey-breasted Wood Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Grey-breasted Wood Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Grey-breasted Wood Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Grey-breasted Wood Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Grey-breasted Wood Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Grey-breasted Wood Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Grey-breasted Wood Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Grey-breasted Wood Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Grey-breasted Wood Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Grey-breasted Wood Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Grey-breasted Wood Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Grey-breasted Wood Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Grey-breasted Wood Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Grey-breasted Wood Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Grey-breasted Wood Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Grey-breasted Wood Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Grey-breasted Wood Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Grey-breasted Wood Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Grey-breasted Wood Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2: Grey-breasted Wood Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017): Gray-breasted Wood-Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018): Gray-breasted Wood-Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019): Gray-breasted Wood-Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020): Gray-breasted Wood-Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020): Gray-breasted Wood-Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021): Gray-breasted Wood-Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022): Gray-breasted Wood-Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023): Gray-breasted Wood-Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024): Gray-breasted Wood-Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (31/07/2025): Gray-breasted Wood-Wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys) [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Henicorhina [leucophrys or anachoreta]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Bulgarian: Сивогърдо орехче
Catalan: cargolet pitgrís
Czech: střízlík šedoprsý
Danish: Gråbrystet Skovsmutte
German: Einsiedlerzaunkönig
English: Gray-breasted Wood-Wren, Grey-breasted Wood Wren, Grey-breasted Wood-Wren
English (Avilist): Gray-breasted Wood-Wren
English, HBW: Grey-breasted Wood-wren
English (IOC): Grey-breasted Wood Wren
English (United States): Gray-breasted Wood-Wren
Esperanto: grizbrusta troglodito
Spanish: Cucarachero Pechigrís, Saltapared Pecho Gris
Spanish (Colombia): Cucarachero pechigrís
Spanish (Costa Rica): Soterrey de Selva Pechigrís
Spanish (Ecuador): Chochín-montes pechigris, Soterrey Montés Pechigrís
Spanish (Spain): Cucarachero Pechigrís
Spanish (HBW): Gray-breasted Wood-Wren
Spanish (Honduras): cucarachero
Spanish (Mexico): Saltapared Pecho Gris
Spanish (Panama): Sotorrey-Selvático Pechigrís
Spanish (Peru): Cucarachero-Montés de Pecho Gris
Spanish (Venezuela): Cucarachero Selvático
Estonian: mägi-pardkäblik
Finnish: harmaametsäpeukaloinen
French: Troglodyte à poitrine grise, Troglodyte à poitrine grise (leucophrys)
French (Guyane): Troglodyte à poitrine grise
Croatian: sivoprsi palčić
Hungarian: szürkehasú erdeiökörszem
Italian: Scricciolo boschereccio pettogrigio
Japanese (romaji): haimunemorimisosazai
Japanese: ハイムネモリミソサザイ
Scientific: Henicorhina leucophrys, Henicorhina leucophrys leucophrys, Troglodytes leucophrys
Lithuanian: pilkakrūtė miškinė karietaitė
Dutch: Grijze Boswinterkoning
Norwegian Nynorsk: Gråbrystskogsmett
Norwegian: Gråbrystskogsmett
Polish: stokowczyk szaropierśny
Portuguese: corruíra-de-peito-cinzento
Portuguese (Portugal): carriça-de-peito-cinzento
Russian: Серогрудый крапивник, Серогрудый лесной крапивник
Slovak: oriešok sivoprsý
Serbian: Sivogrudi šumski carić
Swedish: gråbröstad skogsgärdsmyg
Turkish: Gri göğüslü çıtkuşu
Ukrainian: Тріщук сіроволий
Chinese: 灰胸林鹩
Chinese (Traditional): 灰胸林鷦鷯
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