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ShrublandDomed nestSmall · 36 g
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The adult Yucatan wren is a small species about 18 centimetres (7 in) long. The face is whitish with a dark eye-stripe, and the crown is greyish brown. The upper parts are brown streaked with black and white, and the wings are brown and barred with dark brown and white. The tail is black barred with grey, with white tips to some of the outer feathers. The underparts are whitish with a dark cheek stripe and blackish spotting and barring. The juvenile is similar in appearance to the adult but with less contrast between the upper and underparts.
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When to see the Yucatan Wren
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Yucatan Wren
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Yucatan Wren
The Yucatan wren is a species of bird in the family Troglodytidae. It is endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, only found on the narrow coastal strip of the northern Yucatán Peninsula. One of the critical habitats of this species is the Petenes mangroves ecoregion of the Yucatan coast. It is threatened by habitat destruction.
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Easily confused with
White-headed WrenCampylorhynchus albobrunneusThe white-headed wren is 18.5 cm (7.3 in) long and weighs 27.5 to 39 g (0.97 to 1.38 oz).
Veracruz WrenCampylorhynchus rufinuchaThe adult Veracruz wren has a blackish crown, lores, and eyestripe and a white supercilium.
Grey-barred WrenCampylorhynchus megalopterusThe gray-barred wren is 17 to 19.5 cm (6.7 to 7.7 in) long and weighs 32.8 to 33.5 g (1.16 to 1.18 oz).
Side by side: Grey-barred Wren vs Yucatan Wren · Veracruz Wren vs Yucatan Wren · White-headed Wren vs Yucatan Wren · Timberline Wren vs Yucatan Wren
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