Trilling Gnatwren (Ramphocaenus melanurus) | Photos, Calls and ID

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What the Trilling Gnatwren sounds like

Sonogram of the Trilling Gnatwren: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Rosa Elena Albornoz · Song · Cecilio Acosta (near Caracas), Guaicaipuro, Distrito Capital, Venezuela · CC0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Beth Cottam · Call, song · Tres Equis, Turrialba, Provincia de Cartago, Costa Rica · CC0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Brett Gleitsmann · Song · El Valle de Antón, Antón, Coclé Province, Panama · CC0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

Adult trilling gnatwrens are 12–13 cm (4.7–5.1 in) in length and weigh 8–11 g (0.28–0.39 oz). They have a long, thin bill and a short cocked tail. The upperparts are grey-brown, with rufous on the sides of the head. The throat is white, shading to buff on the rest of the underparts. The tail is black with white tips to all but the central feathers, and is frequently wagged. R. m. trinitatis, of eastern Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad has paler underparts, and buff flanks and head sides. The call is a trilled drdrdrdrdrdrdrdrdrdr.

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When to see the Trilling Gnatwren

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

Where to see the Trilling Gnatwren

Regular range

The map shades 18 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Costa Rica Belize Panama Brazil Guatemala Colombia Venezuela Mexico Trinidad & Tobago Honduras Ecuador Nicaragua Guyana French Guiana Peru Suriname El Salvador Bolivia

About the Trilling Gnatwren

The trilling gnatwren, formerly long-billed gnatwren, is a very small bird in the gnatcatcher family. It found from southeast Mexico south to Ecuador and Amazonia.

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Easily confused with

Chattering GnatwrenRamphocaenus sticturusLittle has been written about the chattering gnatwren's appearance other than as a subspecies of trilling gnatwren.

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