The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Cinnycerthia peruana

 – Least Concern

Taxonomy

Kingdom: ANIMALIA
Phylum: CHORDATA
Class: AVES
Order: PASSERIFORMES
Family: TROGLODYTIDAE
Scientific Name: Cinnycerthia peruana
Species Authority: (Cabanis, 1873)
Common Name/s:
EnglishPERUVIAN WREN
Taxonomic Notes: Cinnycerthia peruana (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into C. peruana, C. olivascens and C. fulva following SACC (2005).

Assessment Information

Red List Category & Criteria: LC    ver 3.1 (2001)
Year Assessed: 2006
Assessor/s: BirdLife International
Evaluator/s: Butchart, S. & Temple, H. (BirdLife International Red List Authority)

Geographic Range

Range Description: This species inhabits moist montane forest, forest edge and secondary growth at an altitude of 1500-3300 m in Peru1. It has a large range, with an estimated global Extent of Occurrence of 48,800 km². The global population size has not been quantified, but it is believed to be large as the species is described as 'quite common' in at least parts of its range1. Global population trends have not been quantified, but the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e. declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
Countries: Native:

Peru

Habitat and Ecology

System: Terrestrial

Citation: BirdLife International 2006. Cinnycerthia peruana. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 08 September 2008.
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