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Plain-tailed Wren

Pheugopedius euophrys (Sclater, PL 1860)

The plain-tailed wren is a species of songbird in the family Troglodytidae. It has a mostly rufous body with a gray, black, and white striped head. It is found in the Andes of southern Colombia, Ecuador, and northern Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Plain-tailed wrens are so-called bamboo specialists and live almost exclusively in chusquea bamboo thickets. Like other wrens, its diet consists mainly of insects with some seeds and berries. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Troglodytidae
Genus:
   Pheugopedius
Scientific:
  Pheugopedius euophrys


Original description

Citation:
  (Sclater, PL 1860)

Reference:
   Proc. Zool. Soc. London pt.28, no.1 p.74

Imprint year:
  1860

Protonym:
  Thryothorus euophrys

Type locality:
  Lloa, a few miles south of Quito, on the side of Pichincha, Pichincha, Ecuador.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46225#page/110/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  B24D2A00A46E3D6B

Avibase ID:
  avibase-B24D2A00

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/B24D2A00


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 915947

Geographic range:

  • Pheugopedius euophrys: montane bamboo thickets in Andes of western Nariño in far southern Colombia southward through northwestern Peru (north of Río Marañón)
  • Pheugopedius euophrys euophrys: Andes of far southern Colombia (western Nariño) and northern Ecuador
  • Pheugopedius euophrys longipes: temperate east slope of Andes of Ecuador
  • Pheugopedius euophrys atriceps: Andes of northwestern Peru (north of Río Marañón)
English:
Plain-tailed Wren
Bulgarian:
Бамбуково орехче
Catalan:
cargolet de pit tacat
Czech:
střízlík pruhohlavý
Danish:
Bambussmutte
German:
Kastanienrücken-Zaunkönig
Esperanto:
brunvosta troglodito
Spanish:
Cucarachero coliliso
Spanish (Spain):
Cucarachero coliliso
Estonian:
ekuadori käblik
Finnish:
ecuadorinpeukaloinen
French:
Troglodyte maculé
Croatian:
riđorepi palčić
Hungarian:
Fraser-ökörszem
Italian:
Scricciolo codauniforme
Japanese:
アカオマユミソサザイ
Lithuanian:
rusvauodegė krūmyninė karietaitė
Dutch:
Wenkbrauwwinterkoning
Norwegian:
brunhalesmett
Polish:
strzyżal rdzawogrzbiety
Portuguese:
garrinchão-de-rabo-liso
Portuguese (Portugal):
carriça-de-cauda-lisa
Russian:
Рыжехвостый крапивник
Slovak:
oriešok bambusový
Serbian:
Crvenorepi carić
Swedish:
roststjärtad gärdsmyg
Turkish:
Düz Kuyruklu Çıtkuşu
Ukrainian:
поплітник рудоспинний
Chinese:
淡尾苇鹪鹩
Chinese (Traditional):
淡尾葦鷦鷯


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Plain-tailed Wren ( Pheugopedius euophrys) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Plain-tailed Wren [euophrys] ( Pheugopedius euophrys [euophrys])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Plain-tailed Wren ( Pheugopedius euophrys) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Plain-tailed Wren ( Pheugopedius euophrys) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Plain-tailed Wren [nominate] ( Pheugopedius euophrys [euophrys])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Plain-tailed Wren [nominate] ( Pheugopedius euophrys [euophrys])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Plain-tailed Wren [nominate] ( Pheugopedius euophrys [euophrys])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Plain-tailed Wren [nominate] ( Pheugopedius euophrys [euophrys])
Avilist 2025:
Plain-tailed Wren ( Pheugopedius euophrys) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Plain-tailed Wren ( Pheugopedius euophrys) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Plain-tailed Wren ( Pheugopedius euophrys) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Plain-tailed Wren ( Pheugopedius euophrys) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Plain-tailed Wren ( Pheugopedius euophrys) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Plain-tailed Wren ( Pheugopedius euophrys) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Plain-tailed Wren ( Pheugopedius euophrys) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Plain-tailed Wren ( Pheugopedius euophrys) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Plain-tailed Wren ( Pheugopedius euophrys) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Plain-tailed Wren ( Pheugopedius euophrys) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Plain-tailed Wren ( Pheugopedius euophrys) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Plain-tailed Wren ( Pheugopedius euophrys) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025):
Plain-tailed Wren ( Pheugopedius euophrys) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Plain-tailed Wren ( Pheugopedius euophrys) [version 1]
Clements, version 2025:
Plain-tailed Wren ( Pheugopedius euophrys) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Plain-tailed Wren (Plain-tailed) ( Pheugopedius euophrys [euophrys Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Plain-tailed Wren (Plain-tailed) ( Pheugopedius euophrys [euophrys Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Plain-tailed Wren (Plain-tailed) ( Pheugopedius euophrys [euophrys Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Plain-tailed Wren (Plain-tailed) ( Pheugopedius euophrys [euophrys Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Plain-tailed Wren (Plain-tailed) ( Pheugopedius euophrys [euophrys Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Plain-tailed Wren (Plain-tailed) ( Pheugopedius euophrys [euophrys Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Plain-tailed Wren ( Pheugopedius euophrys) [version 1]
eBird version 2025:
Plain-tailed Wren ( Pheugopedius euophrys) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Plain-tailed Wren ( Pheugopedius euophrys) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Plain-tailed Wren ( Pheugopedius euophrys) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Plain-tailed Wren ( Pheugopedius euophrys) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Plain-tailed Wren ( Pheugopedius euophrys) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1:
Plain-tailed Wren ( Pheugopedius euophrys) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2:
Plain-tailed Wren ( Pheugopedius euophrys) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Pheugopedius [euophrys or schulenbergi] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Bulgarian: Бамбуково орехче
Catalan: cargolet de pit tacat
Czech: střízlík pruhohlavý
Danish: Bambussmutte
German: Kastanienrücken-Zaunkönig, Kastanienrücken-Zaunkönig [euophrys-Gruppe]
English: Plain-tailed Wren, Plain-tailed Wren (Plain-tailed), Plain-tailed Wren [euophrys], Plain-tailed Wren [nominate]
English (Avilist): Plain-tailed Wren
English, HBW: Plain-tailed Wren
English (IOC): Plain-tailed Wren, Plain-tailed Wren (Plain-tailed)
English (United States): Plain-tailed Wren, Plain-tailed Wren (Plain-tailed)
Esperanto: brunvosta troglodito
Spanish: Cucarachero coliliso, Cucarachero Coliliso (grupo euophrys)
Spanish (Ecuador): Soterrey Colillano, Soterrey Colillano [Grupo euophrys]
Spanish (Spain): Cucarachero coliliso, Cucarachero coliliso (grupo euophrys)
Spanish (Peru): Cucarachero de Cola Llana, Cucarachero de Cola Llana [grupo euophrys]
Estonian: ekuadori käblik
Finnish: ecuadorinpeukaloinen
French: Troglodyte maculé, Troglodyte maculé (euophrys), Troglodyte maculé (groupe euophrys), Troglodyte maculé [euophrys], Troglodyte maculé [nominal]
French (Guyane): Troglodyte maculé (groupe euophrys)
Croatian: riđorepi palčić
Hungarian: Fraser-ökörszem
Italian: Scricciolo codauniforme
Japanese (romaji): akaomayumisosazai (euophrys guru-pu)
Japanese: アカオマユミソサザイ, アカオマユミソサザイ (euophrys グループ), アカオマユミソサザイ(euophrys グループ)
Scientific: Pheugopedius euophrys, Pheugopedius euophrys [euophrys Group], Pheugopedius euophrys [euophrys], Pheugopedius euophrys euophrys, Thryothorus euophrys, Thryothorus euophrys euophrys
Lithuanian: rusvauodegė krūmyninė karietaitė
Dutch: Wenkbrauwwinterkoning
Norwegian: brunhalesmett, brunhalesmett (euophrys gr.)
Polish: strzyżal rdzawogrzbiety, strzyżal rdzawogrzbiety [gr. euophrys]
Portuguese: garrinchão-de-rabo-liso
Portuguese (Portugal): carriça-de-cauda-lisa, carriça-de-cauda-lisa [grupo euophrys]
Russian: Рыжехвостый крапивник, Рыжехвостый крапивник [группа euophrys]
Slovak: oriešok bambusový, oriešok bambusový (skup.)
Serbian: Crvenorepi carić
Swedish: roststjärtad gärdsmyg, roststjärtad gärdsmyg [gruppen euophrys]
Turkish: Düz Kuyruklu Çıtkuşu, Düz kuyruklu çıtkuşu [euophrys grubu]
Ukrainian: поплітник рудоспинний, Поплітник рудоспинний [група euophrys]
Chinese: 淡尾苇鹪鹩
Chinese (Traditional): 淡尾葦鷦鷯

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