Stripe-backed Wren (Campylorhynchus nuchalis) | Photos, Calls and ID

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WoodlandDomed nestSmall · 23 g

Stripe-backed Wren (Campylorhynchus nuchalis), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Hugo Bernal Hernández, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Stripe-backed Wren (Campylorhynchus nuchalis), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Juan Felipe Restrepo Mesa, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Stripe-backed Wren (Campylorhynchus nuchalis), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Álvaro Rivas Godin, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Stripe-backed Wren (Campylorhynchus nuchalis), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Amber M. King, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Stripe-backed Wren (Campylorhynchus nuchalis), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Julien Renoult, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Stripe-backed Wren (Campylorhynchus nuchalis), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Julien Renoult, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Stripe-backed Wren sounds like

Sonogram of the Stripe-backed Wren: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Rosa Elena Albornoz @rosaelena_naturaleza · Alarm call · Leoncio Martinez Parish (near Caracas), Sucre, Miranda, Venezuela · CC0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Stripe-backed Wren

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Stripe-backed Wren

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Venezuela Colombia

About the Stripe-backed Wren

The stripe-backed wren is a bird found in the savannas of northern Colombia and central Venezuela. It lives in dry, riparian woodland, or farmlands, and is found at heights up to 800 m.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Fasciated WrenCampylorhynchus fasciatusThe fasciated wren is approximately 19 cm (7.5 in) long; one female weighed 24.9 g (0.88 oz).

Russet-naped WrenCampylorhynchus humilisThe adult russet-naped wren has a reddish brown crown, blackish lores and eyestripe, and a white supercilium.

Spotted WrenCampylorhynchus gularisThe spotted wren is 17 cm (6.7 in) long and weighs 28.3 to 31 g (1.00 to 1.09 oz).

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