Merida Wren
Cistothorus meridaeHellmayr, CE, 1907
English (US) Merida Wren
The Merida Wren (Cistothorus meridae) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Troglodytidae (Wrens) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: Andes of northwestern Venezuela (Trujillo and Mérida)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Cistothorus meridae
- Family
- Troglodytidae (Wrens)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Merida Wren
- Described by
- Hellmayr, CE, 1907
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Cistothorus platensis meridae
- Described by
- Hellmayr, CE, 1907
- Type locality
- El Loro (alt. 3,000 m.), Merida, Venezuela.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 19 p.74
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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