Birds of Panama

    PASSERIFORMES: Troglodytidae (Wrens)  
Genus: Campylorhynchus (2 species, 15 worldwide)

Genus Campylorhynchus are large wrens, often with barring, that generally are less secretive and thus easier to see.


White-headed Wren
White-headed Wren (Campylorhynchus albobrunneus harterti)
ProAves Tangaras Reserve, El Carmen de Atrato, Choco, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Seen in small noisy groups.
White-headed Wrens in Farallones National Park, Colombia have a black band across the chest that is not documented in any reference book.

Band-backed Wren
Band-backed Wren (Campylorhynchus zonatus imparilis)
Rio Claro Canyon Reserve, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

At nest.


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