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Superciliated Wren

Cantorchilus superciliaris

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesShrublandDomed nestSmall · 23 g
Superciliated Wren (Cantorchilus superciliaris), photo 1
Photo: Julien Renoult · CC BY 4.0
Superciliated Wren (Cantorchilus superciliaris), photo 2
Photo: Julien Renoult · CC BY 4.0
Superciliated Wren (Cantorchilus superciliaris), photo 3
Photo: Julien Renoult · CC BY 4.0
Superciliated Wren (Cantorchilus superciliaris), photo 4
Photo: (c) Monics Paredes, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
Superciliated Wren (Cantorchilus superciliaris), photo 5
Photo: (c) David F. Belmonte, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
Superciliated Wren (Cantorchilus superciliaris), photo 6
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Superciliated Wren (Cantorchilus superciliaris), photo 7
Photo: (c) Julien Renoult, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Superciliated Wren sounds like

Sonogram of the Superciliated Wren: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call, calls · Guayas: 3 km E Punta Blanca, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Superciliated Wren: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Guayas: 3 km E Pacoa Beach, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Superciliated Wren: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Guayas: 3 km E Pacoa Beach, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The superciliated wren is 14.5 cm (5.7 in) long. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a dark grayish brown crown, rufous-brown shoulders and back becoming redder on the rump. The tail is reddish brown with black bars. They have a prominent white supercilium, a dark brown stripe through the eye, and buffy-white cheeks. Their chin and throat are pale buffy white that darkens to the lower chest and the flanks are buffy gray. Juveniles are similar but a cooler brown in the uppersides. C. s. baroni has a more tawny lower back and rump. Voice: Both sexes of the superciliated wren are thought to sing "a series of short repeated phrases of 2 or 3 notes" with sometimes a trill added.

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When to see the Superciliated Wren

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

Where to see the Superciliated Wren

Regular range

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

Peru Ecuador

About the Superciliated Wren

The superciliated wren is a species of bird in the family Troglodytidae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru.

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

Easily confused with

Fawn-breasted Wren (Cantorchilus guarayanus) Fawn-breasted WrenCantorchilus guarayanusThe fawn-breasted wren is 13.5 cm (5.3 in) long and weighs 13 to 14 g (0.46 to 0.49 oz). Stripe-throated Wren (Cantorchilus leucopogon) Stripe-throated WrenCantorchilus leucopogonThe stripe-throated wren is 12 cm (4.7 in) long. Grey Wren (Cantorchilus griseus) Grey WrenCantorchilus griseusThe grey wren is 11.5 cm (4.5 in) long.

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