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The rufous-browed wren is 10 to 11.5 cm (3.9 to 4.5 in) long and weighs 11 g (0.39 oz). The adults of both sexes of the nominate subspecies have a dark brown crown, back, and rump and a warm brown tail. Their back and tail have dark bars. They have a pale buff supercilium and darker brown cheeks. Their chin is buffy and their throat and chest yellowish buff that is darker on the sides. The lower belly and vent area are barred. Compared to the nominate, T. r. chiapensis is darker above with a rufous cast to the throat and a white belly, T. r. Voice: The rufous-browed wren's song is "a varied, scratchy warble running into tinkling trill" and its call "a loud nasal 'zhweet'".
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When to see the Rufous-browed Wren
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Rufous-browed Wren
The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Rufous-browed Wren
The rufous-browed wren is a species of bird in the family Troglodytidae. It is found in Central America from Mexico south into Nicaragua.
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Easily confused with
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.
Cobb's WrenTroglodytes cobbiThe plumage is brown, greyer on the head and breast and more rufous on the tail.
Socorro WrenTroglodytes sissoniiThe Socorro wren is a species of bird in the family Troglodytidae.
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