About the Band-backed Wren
The band-backed wren is a small songbird of the wren family.
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This large wren breeds in lowlands and foothills from sea level up to 1700 m altitude in thinned forest or open woodland, scrub, second growth and groves around houses. It mainly occurs on the Caribbean side of the Central American mountain ranges. Its large spherical nest has a wide side entrance and is constructed 2 – 30 m high in a tree or shrub, often hidden amidst bromeliads. The female alone incubates the three to five unmarked or lightly brown-spotted white eggs for about two weeks to hatching, and the young fledge in about the same length of time again.
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What the Band-backed Wren sounds like
Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in March · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Thrush-like WrenCampylorhynchus turdinusThe thrush-like wren is a South American species of bird in the family Troglodytidae, the wrens.
Bicolored WrenCampylorhynchus griseusThe bicolored wren is the largest South American wren and second in size only to the giant wren overall in the family.
Fasciated WrenCampylorhynchus fasciatusThe fasciated wren is approximately 19 cm (7.5 in) long; one female weighed 24.9 g (0.88 oz).
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