Birds of Ecuador

    PASSERIFORMES: Troglodytidae (Wrens)  
Genus: Troglodytes (2 species, 12 worldwide)


House Wren
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon audax)
Mejía, Peru
  Common around farms, but also seen in many habitat types away from people.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

In tropical America the House Wren is widespread and common, even inside cities.

Mountain Wren
Mountain Wren (Troglodytes solstitialis solitarius)
Rio Blanco Ecological Reserve, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Note strong white/buff brow compared to similar House Wren Note Andean cloudforest habitat, usually over 2000m.


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Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba