''Campylorhynchus'' is a

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wren Wrens are a family of brown passerine birds in the predominantly New World family Troglodytidae. The family includes 88 species divided into 19 genera. Only the Eurasian wren occurs in the Old World, where, in Anglophone regions, it is commonly ...

s, which has at least 15 described

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. At 17–22 cm (6.8-8.7 in) long, these are the largest-bodied of wrens, including the largest species, the

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. Member species are found in

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and

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and in some cases, as far north as the southwestern United States.

Taxonomy

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

Species

Notes

References

Bird genera * {{Troglodytidae-stub