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Buff-breasted Wren

Cantorchilus leucotis

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestDomed nestSmall · 19 g
Buff-breasted Wren (Cantorchilus leucotis), photo 1
Photo: Anthony Batista · CC BY 4.0
Buff-breasted Wren (Cantorchilus leucotis), photo 2
Photo: Vincent A. Vos · CC BY 4.0
Buff-breasted Wren (Cantorchilus leucotis), photo 3
Photo: Ben Costamagna · CC BY 4.0
Buff-breasted Wren (Cantorchilus leucotis), photo 4
Photo: Anthony Batista · CC BY 4.0
Buff-breasted Wren (Cantorchilus leucotis), photo 5
Photo: Arthur Bruck · CC BY 4.0
Buff-breasted Wren (Cantorchilus leucotis), photo 6
Photo: GERMAN LEONEL SARMIENTO CRUZ · CC BY 4.0
Buff-breasted Wren (Cantorchilus leucotis), photo 7
Photo: Matheus Oliveira · CC BY 4.0
Buff-breasted Wren (Cantorchilus leucotis), photo 8
Photo: Melissa McMasters from Memphis, TN, United States · CC BY 2.0
Buff-breasted Wren (Cantorchilus leucotis), photo 9
Photo: Melissa McMasters from Memphis, TN, United States · CC BY 2.0
Buff-breasted Wren (Cantorchilus leucotis), photo 10
Photo: Anthony Batista · CC BY 4.0

What the Buff-breasted Wren sounds like

Sonogram of the Buff-breasted Wren: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Rosa Elena Albornoz @rosaelena_naturaleza · Song · Sarare (near Gamelotal), Simón Planas, Lara, Venezuela · CC0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Buff-breasted Wren: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Hugo Oliveros-Salas · Call · Pozos de aguas minerales (near Usiacurí), Usiacurí, Atlántico, Colombia · CC0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Buff-breasted Wren: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Rosa Elena Albornoz · Song · No Urbana Canoabo (near Palmicha), Bejuma, Carabobo, Venezuela · CC0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

Male buff-breasted wrens weigh 18.5 to 22.8 g (0.65 to 0.80 oz) and females are lighter at 16.0 to 19.5 g (0.56 to 0.69 oz), but the sexes are otherwise similar. There is considerable variation in plumage across the species' wide range. Adults' head, nape, shoulders, tail, and back are rufescent to grayish brown; the tail is heavily barred. The throat, supercilium, and the rest of the face range from whitish through gray to gray-brown. The chest is buffy and the belly more cinnamon. Fledglings are duller overall than adults and the buff of their chest is paler. Voice: Both male and female buff-breasted wrens have large song repertoires. Often a male will begin a song and the female will complete it. They also have a variety of calls.

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When to see the Buff-breasted Wren

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Buff-breasted Wren

Regular range

The map shades 11 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Colombia Brazil Panama Peru Venezuela Guyana Suriname Ecuador French Guiana Bolivia Paraguay

About the Buff-breasted Wren

The buff-breasted wren is a species of bird in the family Troglodytidae. It is found in the Amazon Basin of northern Brazil and Amazonian Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and northern-border Bolivia, and also the Guianan countries of Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana. It occurs in non-Amazonian regions of Venezuela and Colombia and its range extends into eastern Panama.

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Easily confused with

Bay Wren (Cantorchilus nigricapillus) Bay WrenCantorchilus nigricapillusThe bay wren is 12.6 to 15.6 cm (5.0 to 6.1 in) long. Stripe-breasted Wren (Cantorchilus thoracicus) Stripe-breasted WrenCantorchilus thoracicusThe stripe-breasted wren is 11.5 to 12.5 cm (4.5 to 4.9 in) long and has a mean weight of 17.6 g (0.62 oz). Riverside Wren (Cantorchilus semibadius) Riverside WrenCantorchilus semibadiusThe riverside wren is 13 to 14 cm (5.1 to 5.5 in) long and weighs 17 g (0.60 oz).

Side by side: Bay Wren vs Buff-breasted Wren · Buff-breasted Wren vs Stripe-breasted Wren · Buff-breasted Wren vs Riverside Wren

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