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Genus of birds From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cyphorhinus is a genus of birds in the family Troglodytidae. Established by Jean Cabanis in 1844, it contains the following species:[2]
Cyphorhinus | |
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Musician wren (Cyphorhinus arada) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Troglodytidae |
Genus: | Cyphorhinus Cabanis, 1844 |
Type species | |
Cyphorhinus thoracicus[1] von Tschudi, 1844 |
The name Cyphorhinus is a combination of the Greek words kuphos, meaning "hump" or "hunch" and rhis or rhinos, meaning "nose" (or, in this case, bill). It has been emended from the earlier incarnation Cyphorhina.[3]
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