Peruvian Wren

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Peruvian Wren
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Troglodytidae
Genus: Cinnycerthia
Species: C. peruana
Binomial name
Cinnycerthia peruana
(Cabanis, 1873)

The Peruvian Wren (Cinnycerthia peruana) is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family. It formerly included the Sepia-brown Wren or Sharpe's Wren (C. olivascens) and the Fulvous Wren (C. fulva) as subspecies, but with all three under the common name Sepia-brown Wren. As presently defined, the Peruvian Wren is endemic to dense undergrowth of humid Andean forests in Peru.

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