Grey-mantled Wren

The grey-mantled wren is 12 to 13 cm (4.7 to 5.1 in) long; a male O. b. minor weighed 9.0 g (0.32 oz) and a female O. b. branickii 10.2 g (0.36 oz). The nominate adult has a tawny forecrown and a darker brown crown the merges into the gray of its back, which is browner on the rump. The tail is medium gray with prominent black bars and a white bar near the end. It has a faint grayish brown supercilium and the face and sides of the neck are also grayish brown. The throat, breast, and belly are white slightly tinged with buff, and the flanks are grayish. The adult O. b. Voice: The grey-mantled wren's typical song is "a short dry trill". It also sings "a series of whistled notes".