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What the Mountain Wren sounds like
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The mountain wren is 10.5 to 11.5 cm (4.1 to 4.5 in) long and has a mean weight of 11.8 g (0.42 oz). The adult of the nominate subspecies has a rufous brown forehead and crown, a less reddish brown nape, shoulders, back, and rump, and a rufous brown tail with narrow black bars. The folded wings also appear barred. It has a buffy brown supercilium with a darker brown line behind the eye and warm buff cheeks. The throat and chest are also warm buff, the belly a paler buff, the flanks buffy brown with darker bars, and the vent grayish, also with darker bars. Voice: The mountain wren's song is quiet, "a series of high notes, 'treee-treeee-tititiki'". Its calls are repetitive "'dzz' or 'di-di'".
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When to see the Mountain Wren
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Mountain Wren
The map shades 6 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Mountain Wren
The mountain wren is a species of bird in the family Troglodytidae. It is found in the Andes of northwestern Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and western Venezuela.
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Easily confused with
Ochraceous WrenTroglodytes ochraceusThe adult ochraceous wren is 9.5 to 10 cm (3.7 to 3.9 in) long and weighs 8 to 10 g (0.28 to 0.35 oz).
Rufous-browed WrenTroglodytes rufociliatusThe rufous-browed wren is 10 to 11.5 cm (3.9 to 4.5 in) long and weighs 11 g (0.39 oz).
Cozumel WrenTroglodytes beaniThe Cozumel wren is a very small passerine bird in the wren family Troglodytidae that is endemic to the small island of Cozumel off the eastern coast of Mexico.
Side by side: Mountain Wren vs Winter Wren · Mountain Wren vs Pacific Wren · Mountain Wren vs Ochraceous Wren · Mountain Wren vs Rufous-browed Wren
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