About the Southern Chestnut-breasted Wren
The southern chestnut-breasted wren is a species of passerine bird in the wren family Troglodytidae that is found in southern Peru and the extreme northwest of Bolivia. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the northern chestnut-breasted wren with the English name "chestnut-breasted wren".
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The 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). It has a sooty black crown, a rich dark brown back and rump, and a dark brown tail. It has a deep orange-brown face, throat, and upper belly and dark brown flanks and lower belly. The juvenile differs from the adult in having a paler lower belly. Voice: The songs of the two chesnut-breasted wren subspecies differ significantly. That of the "southern" C. t. thoracicus is "a variable, musical and usually unhurried series... fluted whistles that differ from each other in pitch, which are then followed by a faster-paced series of 5–11 short whistles...or by a much faster trilled tremolo." Its call is "a low, somewhat frog-like and wooden 'krol'".
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What the Southern Chestnut-breasted Wren sounds like
Where the Southern Chestnut-breasted Wren lives
When to see the Southern Chestnut-breasted Wren
Peak activity in July · a variable species across most of its range
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).
Northern Chestnut-breasted WrenCyphorhinus dichrousThe 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.
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).
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