Musician Wren - BirdForum Opus

Cyphorhinus arada

Photo by Anselmo d Affonseca
Manaus, Brazil, July 2016

Identification

• Conspicuous white streaking on a black collar (lacking in interpositus)
• Rufous patches behind the eye (grey in interpositus)

Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil.

Taxonomy

Subspecies^[1]

There are 6 subspecies:

• C. a. transfluvialis:

• South-eastern Colombia (Caquetá) to northern Brazil (eastern Amazonas)

• C. a. salvini:

• South-eastern Colombia to eastern Ecuador and north-eastern Peru (Loreto)

• C. a. arada:

• Eastern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil (north of the Amazon, east of the Rio Negro)

• C. a. griseolateralis:

• Northern Amazonian Brazil in drainage of Rio Tapajós

• C. a. interpositus:

• Brazil (west of Rio Tapajós to northern Mato Grosso)

• C. a. modulator:

• Tropical eastern Peru, northern Bolivia and western Amazonian Brazil

Habitat

Humid Forest.

Behaviour

Diet

Diet includes invertebrates.

Vocalisation

It has a magnificent, haunting song.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. BF Member observations

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Musician Wren. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 4 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Musician_Wren

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