Tooth-billed Wren (Odontorchilus cinereus) | Range and ID

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The tooth-billed wren is 12 cm (4.7 in) long; one male weighed 11 g (0.39 oz). Adults have a grayish cinnamon crown, a grayish brown face, and a medium gray back. their throat and breast are buffy gray, the belly pale buff, and the flanks grayish white. The juvenile looks essentially the same. Voice: The tooth-billed wren's typical song is "a short, simple trill" ; both sexes sing it.

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When to see the Tooth-billed Wren

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 6 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is August, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Tooth-billed Wren

Regular range

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

Brazil Bolivia

About the Tooth-billed Wren

The tooth-billed wren is a species of bird in the family Troglodytidae. It is found in Bolivia and Brazil.

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Easily confused with

Grey-mantled WrenOdontorchilus branickiiThe grey-mantled wren is 12 to 13 cm (4.7 to 5.1 in) long; a male O. b. minor weighed 9.0 g (0.32 oz) and a female O. b. branickii 10.2 g (0.36 oz).

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