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Southern Chestnut-breasted Wren

Cyphorhinus thoracicus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestDomed nestSmall · 31 g
Southern Chestnut-breasted Wren (Cyphorhinus thoracicus), photo 1
Photo: Abby Darrah · CC BY 4.0

What the Southern Chestnut-breasted Wren sounds like

Sonogram of the Southern Chestnut-breasted Wren: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Manuela Zapata · Song · SFF. Otún Quimbaya, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Southern Chestnut-breasted Wren: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Alarm call · Zamora-Chinchipe: Reserva Tapichalaca, near Q. Cristopher Parson, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Southern Chestnut-breasted Wren: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Napo: pass of Cord. de los Guacamayos, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

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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When to see the Southern Chestnut-breasted Wren

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Southern Chestnut-breasted Wren

Regular range

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Peru Colombia Bolivia

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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Easily confused with

Musician Wren (Cyphorhinus arada) 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 Wren (Cyphorhinus dichrous) 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 Wren (Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus) 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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