- Cantorchilus semibadius
Thryothorus semibadius
Identification
13–14 cm (5-5½ in)
- Black upper lores and upper supercilium
- White lower lores and supercilium
- Grey chin
- Black ear-coverts
- Black throat sides
Distribution
Central America: found in the Pacific lowlands of south-western Costa Rica and extreme western Panama.
Taxonomy
Was formerly placed in genus Thryothorus like all other species of the genus Cantorchilus.
Habitat
Tropical seaside jungle. Dense vegetation, especially riverine. Marshy woodland edges.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists mostly of insects such as beetles, spiders, earwigs and cockroach eggs.
References
- 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/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Jan 2018)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Riverside Wren. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 7 February 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Riverside_Wren