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Northern Chestnut-breasted Wren
Cyphorhinus dichrous Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1879
Troglodytidae — Wrens
Northern Chestnut-breasted Wren, Cyphorhinus dichrous, is a wren of the family Troglodytidae that breeds in South America from central Colombia to northern Peru. It was first described in 1879 by Philip Sclater and Osbert Salvin. The bird was once treated as part of the chestnut-breasted wren, now called the southern chestnut-breasted wren, before being recognised as a separate species. It is monotypic, with no subspecies accepted.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Troglodytidae — Wrens
- Breeding range
- South America: c Colombia to n Peru
