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Moustached Wren

Pheugopedius genibarbis

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestDomed nestSmall · 19 g
Moustached Wren (Pheugopedius genibarbis), photo 1
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Moustached Wren (Pheugopedius genibarbis), photo 2
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Moustached Wren (Pheugopedius genibarbis), photo 3
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Moustached Wren (Pheugopedius genibarbis), photo 4
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Moustached Wren (Pheugopedius genibarbis), photo 5
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Moustached Wren (Pheugopedius genibarbis), photo 6
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Moustached Wren (Pheugopedius genibarbis), photo 7
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Moustached Wren (Pheugopedius genibarbis), photo 8
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Moustached Wren (Pheugopedius genibarbis), photo 9
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Moustached Wren (Pheugopedius genibarbis), photo 10
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ID tip

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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When to see the Moustached 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 Moustached Wren

Regular range

The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Brazil Peru Bolivia Colombia Venezuela

About the Moustached Wren

The moustached wren is a species of bird in the family Troglodytidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru.

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Easily confused with

Happy Wren (Pheugopedius felix) Happy WrenPheugopedius felixThere is little difference between the sexes as adults. Black-bellied Wren (Pheugopedius fasciatoventris) Black-bellied WrenPheugopedius fasciatoventrisMale black-bellied wrens weigh 23.5 to 34.5 g (0.83 to 1.22 oz) and females 19.5 to 28.5 g (0.69 to 1.01 oz). Coraya Wren (Pheugopedius coraya) Coraya WrenPheugopedius corayaIt is a medium-sized wren, rufous-(chestnut)-brown overall with a medium length black-and-white banded tail.

Side by side: Moustached Wren vs Whiskered Wren · Black-bellied Wren vs Moustached Wren · Happy Wren vs Moustached Wren · Coraya Wren vs Moustached Wren

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