Santa Marta Wren

Troglodytes monticola Bangs, 1899

Santa Marta Wren, Troglodytes monticola, is a wren of the family Troglodytidae that breeds in northern Colombia. It is confined to the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, where it lives along the margins of elfin forest, páramo and scrub near the tree line. It occurs from 3,200 to 4,800 m. The species was described by Bangs in 1899 and is monotypic. It has often been treated as part of Mountain Wren, but is now recognised separately. Its call is a repeated di-di.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Troglodytidae — Wrens

Breeding range

South America: n Colombia