Bird Guide

Coraya Wren vs Moustached Wren

Coraya Wren (Pheugopedius coraya)

Coraya Wren

Pheugopedius coraya

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It is a medium-sized wren, rufous-(chestnut)-brown overall with a medium length black-and-white banded tail. It has a buff white breast, white throat and an overall black head, flecked with white feathers; notably a narrow upper bright white eye stripe, and a narrow white eye ring of white feathers. It has a medium length black decurved bill, black eyes, and gray-black legs. It is darker brown on its back, deep brown-blackish wings, and lighter buff brown on its sides.

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Sonogram of the Coraya Wren
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call, song · Napo: Napo Galeras, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo: Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová · CC BY 4.0
Moustached Wren (Pheugopedius genibarbis)

Moustached Wren

Pheugopedius genibarbis

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The moustached wren is 15.5 cm (6.1 in) long and weighs 16.2 to 22.8 g (0.57 to 0.80 oz). The nominate adult has an olivaceous gray-brown crown and nape, bright chestnut back and rump, and a dull brown tail with narrow blackish bars. It has a white supercilium and eyering, a black stripe through the eye, gray-black cheeks streaked with white, a white moustachial stripe, and a black malar stripe. Its throat and upper chest are white, its lower chest buffy, and its flanks and belly deeper brown. Voice: Both sexes of moustached wren sing "a series of fast rollicking phrases" . Their call is "a whining 'jeeyr'" .

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Photo: filipeprates · CC BY 4.0

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Photos and recordings are credited to their authors under the licence shown. Full profiles: Coraya Wren and Moustached Wren.