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Grass Wren

Cistothorus platensis (Latham, J 1790)

The grass wren is a species of passerine bird in the family Troglodytidae. It is widely distributed in central and southern America. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Troglodytidae
Genus:
   Cistothorus
Scientific:
  Cistothorus platensis


Original description

Citation:
  (Latham, J 1790)

Reference:
   Index Orn. 2 p.548

Protonym:
  Sylvia platensis

Type locality:
  Buenos Aires, Argentina; based on 'Le Roitelet de Buenos-Ayres' of Daubenton's Planches Enlum., pi. 730, fig. 2.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53509973


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  CB4C1514AEC720CD

Avibase ID:
  avibase-CB4C1514

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/CB4C1514


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 178605

Geographic range:

  • Cistothorus platensis platensis: central and eastern Argentina to Córdoba and Mendoza
  • Cistothorus platensis hornensis: southern Argentina (Neuquén) and Chile (Coquimbo) to Tierra del Fuego
  • Cistothorus platensis falklandicus: Falkland Islands
  • Cistothorus platensis polyglottus: Bolivia (Beni and Santa Cruz) and southeastern Brazil (Goiás and Minas Gerais to Paraná); intergrades with platensis in southern Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, and southern Brazil (Río Grande do Sul)
  • Cistothorus platensis [aequatorialis, tamae or tolimae]: Andes from Venezuela and Colombia southward to northern Peru (Cajamarca); southern distributional limit not yet documented
  • Cistothorus platensis graminicola: Andes of central Peru (Huánuco to Junín); no doubt more widespread, but northern and southern distributional limits not yet documented
  • Cistothorus platensis minimus: Andes of southern Peru (north to Ayacucho) and northern Bolivia (La Paz)
  • Cistothorus platensis alticola: Venezuela (coastal mountains, highlands of the Gran Sabana) and (?) Guyana
  • Cistothorus platensis [tucumanus or boliviae]: highlands from Santa Cruz, Bolivia, southward to northwestern Argentina (to Tucumán and western Córdoba)
  • Cistothorus platensis elegans: south-central Guatemala
  • Cistothorus platensis tinnulus: western Mexico (Nayarit to Michoacán, México ,and Distrito Federal)
  • Cistothorus platensis potosinus: north-central Mexico (San Luis Potosí)
  • Cistothorus platensis jalapensis: eastern Mexico (interior central Veracruz to Orizaba region)
  • Cistothorus platensis warneri: tropical southern Mexico (Veracruz, Tabasco, and western Chiapas)
  • Cistothorus platensis russelli: pine ridge region of Belize
  • Cistothorus platensis graberi: eastern Honduras to northeastern Nicaragua
  • Cistothorus platensis lucidus: subtropical central Costa Rica to western Panama (Chiriquí)
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English:
Grass Wren
Catalan:
cargolet de planura
Czech:
střízlík ostřicový
Danish:
Kortnæbbet Græssmutte
German:
Pampazaunkönig
Spanish:
Cucarachero Sabanero
Spanish (Spain):
Cucarachero Sabanero
Finnish:
sarapeukaloinen
French:
Troglodyte de Latham
Croatian:
livadni palčić
Italian:
Scricciolo pagliarolo
Japanese (romaji):
kobashinumamisosazai
Japanese:
コバシヌマミソサザイ
Lithuanian:
pievinė trumpasnapė karietaitė
Dutch:
Graswinterkoning
Norwegian:
Sivsmett
Polish:
strzyżyk nadrzeczny
Portuguese:
Corruíra-do-campo
Portuguese (Brazil):
corruíra-do-campo
Portuguese (Portugal):
carriça-do-campo
Russian:
Травяной крапивник
Slovak:
Oriešok bahenný
Serbian:
Carić tršćar
Swedish:
gräsgärdsmyg
Ukrainian:
Овад річковий
Chinese:
短嘴沼泽鹪鹩
Chinese (Traditional):
短嘴沼澤鷦鷯


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 62nd suppl.):
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 63rd suppl.):
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 64th suppl.):
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 65th suppl.):
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Sedge Wren [Grass] ( Cistothorus platensis [platensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Sedge Wren [Grass] ( Cistothorus platensis [platensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Sedge Wren [Grass] ( Cistothorus platensis [platensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
Clements, version 2021:
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Sedge Wren (platensis Group) ( Cistothorus platensis [platensis Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Sedge Wren (platensis Group) ( Cistothorus platensis platensis/homensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Sedge Wren (platensis Group) ( Cistothorus platensis platensis/homensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Sedge Wren (platensis Group) ( Cistothorus platensis platensis/hornensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Sedge Wren (platensis Group) ( Cistothorus platensis platensis/hornensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 2]
eBird version 2022:
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 2]
eBird version 2023:
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 2]
eBird version 2024:
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Cistothorus [platensis or stellaris] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Catalan: cargolet de planura
Czech: střízlík ostřicový
Danish: Kortnæbbet Græssmutte
German: Graszaunkönig, Pampazaunkönig, Seggenzaunkönig
English: Grass Wren, Sedge Wren (platensis Group), Sedge Wren [Grass]
English, HBW: Grass/Sedge Wren
English (IOC): Grass Wren
English (United States): Grass Wren
Esperanto: Herbotroglodito, Mallongbeka cistotoro
Spanish: Cucarachero Sabanero, Ratona de Ciénega
Spanish (Argentine): Ratona aperdizada
Spanish (Chile): Chercán de las vegas
Spanish (Colombia): Cucarachero paramuno
Spanish (Costa Rica): Soterrey sabanero
Spanish (Ecuador): Soterrey Sabanero
Spanish (Spain): Cucarachero Sabanero
Spanish (Honduras): Colchonero sabanero
Spanish (Mexico): chivirín sabanero, Saltapared Sabanero
Spanish (Panama): Sotorrey Sabanero
Spanish (Peru): Cucarachero Sabanero
Spanish (Paraguay): Ratona aperdizada
Spanish (Uruguay): Ratonera Aperdizada
Spanish (Venezuela): Cucarachero de Ciénaga, Cucarachero Sabanero o de Ciénaga
Estonian: tarnakäblik
Finnish: sarapeukaloinen
French: Troglodyte à bec court, Troglodyte à bec court (platensis), Troglodyte de Latham
Guarani: Masakaraguai estero
Croatian: livadni palčić
Italian: Scricciolo dei giunchi, Scricciolo pagliarolo
Japanese (romaji): kobashinumamisosazai
Japanese: コバシヌマミソサザイ
Scientific: Cistothorus platensis, Cistothorus platensis [platensis Group], Cistothorus platensis [platensis], Cistothorus platensis platensis, Cistothorus platensis platensis/homensis, Cistothorus platensis platensis/hornensis, Sylvia platensis
Lithuanian: pievinė trumpasnapė karietaitė
Latvian: grīšļu ceplītis
Dutch: Graswinterkoning, Zeggewinterkoning
Norwegian: Sivsmett
Polish: strzyzyk nadrzeczny, strzyżyk nadrzeczny
Portuguese: Corruíra-do-campo
Portuguese (Brazil): corruira-do-campo, Corruíra-do-campo
Portuguese (Portugal): carriça-do-campo, Corruíra-do-campo
Russian: Травяной короткоклювый крапивник, Травяной крапивник
Slovak: Oriešok bahenný
Serbian: Carić tršćar
Swedish: gräsgärdsmyg, Starrgärdsmyg
Turkish: Otlak Çıtkuşu
Ukrainian: Овад річковий
Chinese: 短嘴沼泽鹪鹩
Chinese (Traditional): 短嘴沼澤鷦鷯

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