Birds of Ecuador

    PASSERIFORMES: Troglodytidae (Wrens)  
Genus: Pheugopedius (4 species, 12 worldwide)


Coraya Wren
Coraya Wren (Pheugopedius coraya)
Leticia, Amazonas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Found at forest edges where there is more light and therefore denser vegetation.

Plain-tailed Wren
Plain-tailed Wren (Pheugopedius euophrys)
Reserva Geobotánica Pululahua, Pichincha province, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.

This wren seems to be completely tied to Chusquea bamboo. The subspecies in Peru has a different call and is called the Grey-browed Wren in some taxonomies (Athanas).

Whiskered Wren
Whiskered Wren (Pheugopedius mystacalis)
Sabaneta, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Its musical songs are Commonly heard, but it is very difficult to see.
From front.

Speckle-breasted Wren
Speckle-breasted Wren (Pheugopedius sclateri paucimaculatus)
Ayampe, ManabĂ­, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Graham Montgomery   © All Rights Reserved.



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