List of Birds of Colombia - Wrens

Wrens

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Troglodytidae

The wrens are mainly small and inconspicuous except for their loud songs. These birds have short wings and a thin down-turned bill. Several species often hold their tails upright. All are insectivorous. There are 36 species which have been recorded in Colombia. Colombia has the greatest diversity of wrens on earth.

  • White-headed Wren Campylorhynchus albobrunneus
  • Band-backed Wren Campylorhynchus zonatus
  • Bicolored Wren Campylorhynchus griseus
  • Thrush-like Wren Campylorhynchus turdinus
  • Stripe-backed Wren Campylorhynchus nuchalis
  • Gray-mantled Wren Odontorchilus branickii
  • Rufous Wren Cinnycerthia unirufa
  • Sharpe's Wren Cinnycerthia olivascens
  • Sooty-headed Wren Thryothorus spadix
  • Black-bellied Wren Thryothorus fasciatoventris
  • Whiskered Wren Thryothorus mystacalis
  • Plain-tailed Wren Thryothorus euophrys
  • Moustached Wren Thryothorus genibarbis
  • Coraya Wren Thryothorus coraya
  • Rufous-breasted Wren Thryothorus rutilus
  • Speckle-breasted Wren Thryothorus sclateri
  • Bay Wren Thryothorus nigricapillus
  • Stripe-throated Wren Thryothorus leucopogon
  • Rufous-and-white Wren Thryothorus rufalbus
  • Buff-breasted Wren Thryothorus leucotis
  • Niceforo's Wren Thryothorus nicefori (E)
  • House Wren Troglodytes aedon
  • Ochraceous Wren Troglodytes ochraceus
  • Santa Marta Wren Troglodytes monticola (E)
  • Mountain Wren Troglodytes solstitialis
  • Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis
  • Apolinar's Wren Cistothorus apolinari (E)
  • White-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucosticta
  • Gray-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucophrys
  • Munchique Wood-Wren Henicorhina negreti (E)
  • Scaly-breasted Wren Microcerculus marginatus
  • Wing-banded Wren Microcerculus bambla
  • Song Wren Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus
  • Chestnut-breasted Wren Cyphorhinus thoracicus
  • Musician Wren Cyphorhinus aradus

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