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Hermit Wood Wren

Henicorhina anachoreta

Near Threatened · IUCN Red List

NTNear ThreatenedEndemicInvertebratesForestSmall · 16 g
Hermit Wood Wren (Henicorhina anachoreta), photo 1
Photo: Ben Costamagna · CC BY 4.0
Hermit Wood Wren (Henicorhina anachoreta), photo 2
Photo: Ben Costamagna · CC BY 4.0
Hermit Wood Wren (Henicorhina anachoreta), photo 3
Photo: Dan Vickers · CC BY 4.0
Hermit Wood Wren (Henicorhina anachoreta), photo 4
Photo: Caroline Quinn · CC BY 4.0
Hermit Wood Wren (Henicorhina anachoreta), photo 5
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Hermit Wood Wren (Henicorhina anachoreta), photo 6
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Hermit Wood Wren (Henicorhina anachoreta), photo 7
Photo: Cullen Hanks · CC BY 4.0
Hermit Wood Wren (Henicorhina anachoreta), photo 8
Photo: Ben Costamagna · CC BY 4.0
Hermit Wood Wren (Henicorhina anachoreta), photo 9
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Hermit Wood Wren (Henicorhina anachoreta), photo 10
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0

ID tip

The hermit wood wren is approximately 10 to 11 cm (3.9 to 4.3 in) long. Its crown and nape are olive-brown and its upperparts a sooty or rusty brown. Its throat is whitish gray with indistinct streaks, its breast a medium gray, and its flanks are russet. Voice: The hermit wood wren's song "differs significantly from H. l. bangsi in being characterized by a higher frequency and a greater frequency range". (H. l. bangsi is the subspecies of grey-breasted wood wren that is found in lower elevations of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.) Like the grey-breasted wood wren, it is "far more easily heard than seen."

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When to see the Hermit Wood Wren

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

Where to see the Hermit Wood Wren

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Colombia

About the Hermit Wood Wren

The hermit wood wren or Santa Marta wood wren is a species of bird in the family Troglodytidae. It is endemic to the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta of northern Colombia.

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Easily confused with

Munchique Wood Wren (Henicorhina negreti) Munchique Wood WrenHenicorhina negretiThe Munchique wood wren is 10.8 to 11.7 cm (4.3 to 4.6 in) long and weighs 15.2 to 16.7 g (0.54 to 0.59 oz). Bar-winged Wood Wren (Henicorhina leucoptera) Bar-winged Wood WrenHenicorhina leucopteraThe bar-winged wood wren is approximately 11 cm (4.3 in) long. White-breasted Wood Wren (Henicorhina leucosticta) White-breasted Wood WrenHenicorhina leucostictaThe adult white-breasted wood wren is 10 centimetres (3.9 in) long and weighs 16 grams (0.56 oz).

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