Rufous-breasted Wren

The Rufous-breasted Wren, Pheugopedius rutilus, is a small songbird of the wren family . It was formerly placed in the genus Thryothorus which in the old, broad sense was a motley assemblage of similar-looking wrens.

The Rufous-breasted Wren is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Rufous-breasted Wren, Pheugopedius rutilus, is a small songbird of the wren family (Troglodytidae). It was formerly placed in the genus Thryothorus which in the old, broad sense was a motley assemblage of similar-looking wrens. It is found in the tropical New World from Costa Rica and Panama east to Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago. It barely reaches into Amazonia e.g. in Colombia, being otherwise limited to the NW of the northern Andes and its neighboring mountain ranges. More

Rufous-breasted WrenThe Rufous-breasted Wren (Thryothorus rutilus) is a small songbird of Wren family. Distribution: It is found in the tropical New World from Costa Rica and Panama east to Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago. Description: Adult Rufous-breasted Wrens are 14cm long and weigh 16g. They have grey-brown upperparts and black bars on the tail. The throat and face sides are speckled black and white. More

finally caught up with a Rufous-breasted Wren, a species that we had heard on numerous occasions each day. For the second day in a row we got to see a Fuscous Flycatcher. More female Blue-backed Manakins and a couple of American Redstarts and a Rufous-breasted Hermit followed. Gladwyn heard a White-tailed Sabrewing (the bird of this forest) and we soon found it below us bathing, which was an extraordinary sight to witness, and then followed it to its perched where it proceeded to preen and dry itself out. More

Order : Passeriformes
Family : Troglodytidae
Genus : Thryothorus
Species : rutilus
Authority : Vieillot, 1819