Plain-tailed Wren (Pheugopedius euophrys) - BirdLife species factsheet

Plain-tailed Wren Pheugopedius euophrys

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Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Pheugopedius euophrys and P. schulenbergi (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) were previously lumped as Thryothorus euophrys following SACC (2005 & updates), Sibley & Monroe (1990, 1993) and Stotz et al. (1996).

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	30 g

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	59,200 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	unknown	-	-	-
Generation length	3.9 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified.

Trend justification: The population trend is difficult to determine because of uncertainty over the impacts of habitat modification on population sizes.

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident
Colombia	extant	native	yes
Ecuador	extant	native	yes
Peru	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Altitude	2000 - 3500 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	(min) 1850 m

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Plain-tailed Wren Pheugopedius euophrys. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/plain-tailed-wren-pheugopedius-euophrys on 22/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/11/2024.