Birds of Colombia

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Genus: Microcerculus (2 species, 4 worldwide)


Wing-banded Wren
Wing-banded Wren (Microcerculus bambla)
Venezuela   		   
Photograph by David Ascanio - www.abtbirds.com   © All Rights Reserved.


Southern Nightingale-Wren
Southern Nightingale-Wren (Microcerculus marginatus occidentalis)
San Cipriano, Valle de Cauca, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Southern Nightingale-Wren
Southern Nightingale-Wren (Microcerculus marginatus squamulatus)
Rio Claro Canyon Reserve, Antioquia, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
Once called the Scaly-breasted Wren, although some races have few scales. The unique song has loud peeps a few seconds apart, at many different seemingly random frequencies.
Side view.

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