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Troglodytes solstitialis

Photo by Fritz73
Photographed: Calilegua NP, Jujuy, Argentina.

[edit] Identification

Rufous upperside and strong pale supercilium

[edit] Similar species

House Wren

[edit] Distribution

Andes of north-western Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and north-western Venezuela.

[edit] Taxonomy

Five subspecies are recognized^[1]:

• T. s. solitarius
• T. s. solstitialis
• T. s. macrourus
• T. s. frater
• T. s. auricularis

[edit] Habitat

Montane forests and edge.

[edit] Behaviour

Frequently in mixed flocks. Feeds both low and high within the forest

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
2. Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156
3. Ridgely and Tudor 2009. Field guide to the songbirds of South America - The Passerines. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-71979-8

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