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- Thryophilus sernai
Identification
14 cm
Upperside brown becoming more warm-cinnamon colored towards the back of the bird. Tail is narrowly banded in black. Folded wing like back but with spots on primaries producing a banded impression. Underside whitish washed with buff and brown along flanks, and with blackish barring on undertail coverts. Face has a prominent supercilium above a blackish-brown eye-line and with dark greyish blotching below the eye-line. Eye is brown to chestnut, bill two-toned with darker grey upper and paler lower mandible, legs pale grey to flesh.
Similar species
Rufous-and-white Wren and Niceforo's Wren
Distribution
Found around the Cauca River in Antioquia, Colombia.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species1. Described as recently as 2012.
Habitat
Dry Forest at 250-850 m asl.
Behaviour
Vocalizations
song is usually given as a duet of the male and female.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2012. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
- Fjeldså, J. (2020). Antioquia Wren (Thryophilus sernai), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D.A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.antwre2.01
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Antioquia Wren. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 18 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Antioquia_Wren