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Troglodytes ochraceus

[edit] Identification

9.5 cm long and weighs 9.5 g. Broad yellow-buff supercilia, pale brown upperparts with buff underparts, white belly, ochre sides of the head.

[edit] Distribution

Costa Rica and eastern Panama.

[edit] Taxonomy

It is sometimes considered to be conspecific with the Mountain Wren, Troglodytes solstitialis, of South America.

[edit] Habitat

Mountains, forests, and semi-open areas such as woodland edges.

[edit] Behaviour

It builds a cup shaped nest in a mass of epiphytes hanging from a branch 5-15 m high in a tree. The eggs are incubated by the female for about 14 days, and the young fledge in after a further 14 days.

The diet includes insects and spiders.

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