Band-backed Wren

Campylorhynchus zonatus (Lesson, RP, 1832)

Band-backed Wren, Campylorhynchus zonatus, is a wren of Middle America and South America, breeding from Mexico to Ecuador. It is a resident bird of lowland and foothill country, especially in thinned forest, open woodland, scrub, second growth and gardens around houses, and it is mainly found on the Caribbean side of the Central American mountain chains. It is notable for its large spherical nest, which has a broad side opening and is often placed in a tree or shrub among bromeliads. The female alone sits on the eggs, and family groups later share dormitory nests.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Troglodytidae — Wrens

Breeding range

Middle America, South America: Mexico to Ecuador