Boucard's wren

Boucard's wren
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Troglodytidae
Genus:	Campylorhynchus
Species:	C. jocosus
Binomial name
	Campylorhynchus jocosus; PL Sclater, 1859

Boucard's wren (Campylorhynchus jocosus) is a species of bird in the family Troglodytidae. It is endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.

Taxonomy and systematics

Previous studies considered Boucard's wren to be conspecific with the cactus wren, but DNA study does not support this link.[2]

A 2007 genetic study established the following relationships between species, including some selected subspecies:[3]

Campylorhynchus

	Campylorhynchus rufinucha s.s. humilis

	Campylorhynchus rufinucha s.s. capistratus

Campylorhynchus gularis

Campylorhynchus jocosus

	Campylorhynchus griseus

	Campylorhynchus chiapensis

Campylorhynchus yucatanicus

	Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus s.s. guttatus

	Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus s.s. anthonyi

	Campylorhynchus turdinus s.s. unicolor

	Campylorhynchus turdinus s.s. hypostictus

Campylorhynchus nuchalis

	Campylorhynchus zonatus s.s. zonatus

	Campylorhynchus megalopterus

Campylorhynchus zonatus s.s. vulcanius

Campylorhynchus fasciatus

	Campylorhynchus albobrunneus

	Campylorhynchus albobrunneus s.s. aenigmaticus

References

BirdLife International (2012). "Campylorhynchus jocosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url
Kroodsma, Donald; Brewer, David (2005), "Family Troglodytidae (Wrens)", in del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Christie, David (eds.), Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 10, Cuckoo-shrikes to Thrushes, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 356–447, ISBN 978-84-87334-72-6
Barker, F. Keith (2007-04-01). "Avifaunal interchange across the Panamanian isthmus: insights from Campylorhynchus wrens". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 90 (4): 687–702. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00758.x. ISSN 0024-4066.

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[1] BirdLife International (2012). "Campylorhynchus jocosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url

[2] Kroodsma, Donald; Brewer, David (2005), "Family Troglodytidae (Wrens)", in del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Christie, David (eds.), Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 10, Cuckoo-shrikes to Thrushes, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 356–447, ISBN 978-84-87334-72-6

[3] Barker, F. Keith (2007-04-01). "Avifaunal interchange across the Panamanian isthmus: insights from Campylorhynchus wrens". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 90 (4): 687–702. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00758.x. ISSN 0024-4066.