Birds of Ecuador

    PASSERIFORMES: Troglodytidae (Wrens)  
Genus: Cyphorhinus (3 species, 4 worldwide)

Genus Cyphorhinus, flutist wrens, is a genus of three wrens, each with a remarkable song. Note bare skin around eye and secretive nature in dark tropical forest understory.


Musician Wren
Musician Wren (Cyphorhinus arada)
Pte. Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil
  The least uniformly colored race.
   
Photograph by Hector Bottai     Copyright and usage info

Musician Wren
Musician Wren (Cyphorhinus arada modulator)
Los Amigos Biological Station, Peru  
   
Photograph by Joe Tobias   © All Rights Reserved.

One of three species of 'flutist' wrens who sing beautifully from the forest floor. The Musician Wren has a lot of color/pattern variation across its large range.

Northern Chestnut-breasted Wren
Northern Chestnut-breasted Wren (Cyphorhinus dichrous)
Cali, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Song Wren
Song Wren (Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus)
Soberania National Park, Panama  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.



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