Birds of Costa Rica

    PASSERIFORMES: Troglodytidae (Wrens)  
Genus: Campylorhynchus (2 species, 15 worldwide)

Genus Campylorhynchus are large wrens, often with barring, that generally are less secretive and thus easier to see.


Rufous-backed Wren
Rufous-backed Wren (Campylorhynchus capistratus)
Hacienda Baru, Costa Rica
  Seen more and more in urban areas.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Band-backed Wren
Band-backed Wren (Campylorhynchus zonatus imparilis)
Rio Claro Canyon Reserve, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

At nest.


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