Chenorhamphus

Chenorhamphus is a genus of birds in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae.

Taxonomy and systematics

The species of the genus Chenorhamphus were formerly classified in the genus Malurus until a 2011 analysis of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA showed high divergence between the two taxa resulting in them being re-split into separate species. The study also found them to lie in a separate clade with the genera Sipodotus and Clytomyias and distinct from the genus Malurus. This led to the subsequent re-classification of the species into their own genus, Chenorhamphus.
The genus contains two species:

Broad-billed fairywren
Campbell's fairywren