Birds of Guyana - Cyphorhinus

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 (Cyphorhinus arada) Pte. Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil The least uniformly colored race.
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Musician Wren (Cyphorhinus arada modulator) Los Amigos Biological Station, Peru
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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.

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