Northern Chestnut-breasted Wren

When to see the Northern Chestnut-breasted 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 Northern Chestnut-breasted Wren

The map shades 2 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Peru.

About the Northern Chestnut-breasted Wren

The northern chestnut-breasted wren is a species of passerine bird in the wren family Troglodytidae that is found in central Colombia, Ecuador and northern Peru. It was formerly considered as a subspecies of the chestnut-breasted wren now renamed the southern chestnut-breasted wren.

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Easily confused with

Musician WrenCyphorhinus aradaThe musician wren is 12.5 cm (4.9 in) long and weighs 18 to 24 g (0.63 to 0.85 oz). Song WrenCyphorhinus phaeocephalusThe song wren is 11.5 to 12.5 cm (4.5 to 4.9 in) long and weighs 25 to 26 g (0.88 to 0.92 oz). Southern Chestnut-breasted WrenCyphorhinus thoracicusThe southern chestnut-breasted wren is 11.5 to 15 cm (4.5 to 5.9 in) long and weighs 26.5 to 41 g (0.93 to 1.45 oz).