White-breasted Wood Wren
Henicorhina leucosticta (Cabanis, 1847)
Troglodytidae — Wrens
White-breasted Wood Wren, Henicorhina leucosticta, is a wren of Middle America and South America, breeding from Mexico to Peru and northern Brazil. It is a resident species in lowlands and foothills, where it uses tropical wet forest and nearby tall second growth. Its nest is a neat roofed structure placed on the ground or very low in undergrowth and hidden by dense vegetation. It also makes a dormitory nest for individuals or family groups, usually higher than the breeding nest, sometimes up to 3 metres above the ground.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Troglodytidae — Wrens
- Breeding range
- Middle America, South America: Mexico to Peru and n Brazil
