Wrenthrush

Wrenthrush
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Zeledoniidae; Ridgway, 1907
Genus:	Zeledonia; Ridgway, 1889
Species:	Z. coronata
Binomial name
	Zeledonia coronata; (Ridgway, 1889)

The wrenthrush or Zeledonia (Zeledonia coronata) is a unique species of nine-primaried oscine which is endemic to Costa Rica and western Panama.^[2] Neither a wren nor a thrush (and unrelated to both), it has a short tail, rounded wings and elongated tarsi.

It is the only species in the genus Zeledonia, whose relations have been uncertain, but are now coming into focus. It is sometimes placed in its own family (which is supported by recent genetic data) or (erroneously) with the thrushes.^[3] It is currently placed by some authorities in the New World warbler family, an arrangement which has also been shown to be incorrect via recent data.

The genus name commemorates José Castulo Zeledón, a Costa Rican ornithologist.

References

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^ BirdLife International (2011). "Species factsheet: Zeledonia coronata". Retrieved 15 November 2011.
^ Curson, Jon; Quinn, David; Beadle, David (1994). New World Warblers. London: Christopher Helm. p. 230. ISBN 0-7136-3932-6.

Hunt, J. H. (1971). "A Field Study of the Wrenthrush, Zeledonia coronata" (PDF). Auk. 88 (1): 1–20. doi:10.2307/4083957.

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[birdlife-2] BirdLife International (2011). "Species factsheet: Zeledonia coronata". Retrieved 15 November 2011.

[3] Curson, Jon; Quinn, David; Beadle, David (1994). New World Warblers. London: Christopher Helm. p. 230. ISBN 0-7136-3932-6.

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