Song Wren

Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus Sclater, PL, 1860

Song Wren, Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus, is a wren of Middle America and South America, ranging from Honduras to Ecuador. It was described by Sclater in 1860. It lives in the interiors of lowland primary and secondary forest, especially where the undergrowth is dense, and avoids dry ground and open, bright places. The bird is almost entirely brown, with a chestnut throat, black barring on the wings and very short tail, and a bare blue patch around the eye. Its range includes Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Troglodytidae — Wrens

Breeding range

Middle America, South America: Honduras to Ecuador