About the White-breasted Wood Wren
The white-breasted wood wren is a small songbird of the wren family. It is a resident breeding species from central Mexico to northeastern Peru and Suriname.
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The adult white-breasted wood wren is 10 centimetres (3.9 in) long and weighs 16 grams (0.56 oz). It has chestnut brown upperparts with a darker crown, pale supercilia, and black-and-white streaked sides of the head and neck. The underparts are white becoming buff on the lower belly. The wings and very short tail are barred with black. Young birds have duller upperparts and grey underparts. Voice: The call of this species is a sharp cheek or explosive tuck, and the song is cheer oweet oweet cheery weather; ornithologist and bioacoustics expert Luis Baptista of the California Academy of Sciences compared it to the opening bars of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. As with some other wrens, pairs often sing in duets.
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What the White-breasted Wood Wren sounds like
Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in March · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Grey-breasted Wood WrenHenicorhina leucophrysThe nominate subspecies of grey-breasted wood wren is 10 to 11.5 cm (3.9 to 4.5 in) long and weighs 13.5 to 17.7 g (0.48 to 0.62 oz).
Munchique Wood WrenHenicorhina negretiThe Munchique wood wren is 10.8 to 11.7 cm (4.3 to 4.6 in) long and weighs 15.2 to 16.7 g (0.54 to 0.59 oz).
Hermit Wood WrenHenicorhina anachoretaThe hermit wood wren is approximately 10 to 11 cm (3.9 to 4.3 in) long.
Side by side: Grey-breasted Wood Wren vs White-breasted Wood Wren
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