Birds of Costa Rica

    PASSERIFORMES: Troglodytidae (Wrens)  
Genus: Troglodytes (2 species, 18 worldwide)


Southern House Wren
Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus audax)
Mejía, Peru
  Common around farms, but also seen in many habitat types away from people.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

In tropical America the House Wren is widespread and common, even inside cities. The Southern version, as opposed to Northern House Wren is found south from south Mexico.

Ochraceous Wren
Ochraceous Wren (Troglodytes ochraceus ochraceus)
Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.



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