Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Troglodytidae (Wrens)  
Genus: Campylorhynchus (15 species)

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)
Range: MA, SA: Panama and Colombia
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.

Cactus Wren
Cactus Wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus)
Range: NA, MA: sw USA and Mexico
Arizona, United States  
   
Photograph by Nigel from Vancouver     Copyright and usage info


Rufous-backed Wren
Rufous-backed Wren (Campylorhynchus capistratus)
Range: MA: sw Mexico to nw Costa Rica
Hacienda Baru, Costa Rica
  Seen more and more in urban areas.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Giant Wren
Giant Wren (Campylorhynchus chiapensis)
Range: MA: s Mexico
Northeast of Mapastepec, Chiapas, Mexico  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.


Fasciated Wren
Fasciated Wren (Campylorhynchus fasciatus)
Range: SA: Ecuador, Peru
Macuay, Peru  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


Bicolored Wren
Bicolored Wren (Campylorhynchus griseus)
Range: SA: n
Hato Aurora, Casanare, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Large, vocal and conspicuous. Moves in noisy groups. Probably expanding range with deforestation.

Spotted Wren
Spotted Wren (Campylorhynchus gularis)
Range: MA: w, ec Mexico
Loberas, Durango, Mexico  
   
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.


Sclater's Wren
Sclater's Wren (Campylorhynchus humilis)
Range: MA: sw Mexico
Tapanatepec, Oaxaca, Mexico  
   
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.


Boucard's Wren
Boucard's Wren (Campylorhynchus jocosus)
Range: MA: s Mexico
Monte Alban, Oaxaca, Mexico  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.


Grey-barred Wren
Grey-barred Wren (Campylorhynchus megalopterus)
Range: MA: Mexico
Cuajomulco, Morelos, Mexico  
   
Photograph by Carl Giometti   © All Rights Reserved.


Stripe-backed Wren
Stripe-backed Wren (Campylorhynchus nuchalis pardus)
Range: SA: Colombia and Venezuela
Mompox, Magdalena, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Slightly smaller than the similar Band-backed Wren, but just as noisy.
Additional photo.

Veracruz Wren
Veracruz Wren (Campylorhynchus rufinucha)
Range: MA: c Veracruz, Mexico
Laguna Miradores, Veracruz, Mexico  
   
Photograph by Amy McAndrews     Copyright and usage info

The original Rufous-naped Wren was split into the Rufous-backed Wren which reaches from Mexico to Costa Rica, the Rufous-naped Wren on the Mexican east coast, and Sclater's Wren on the west coast.


Thrush-like Wren
Thrush-like Wren (Campylorhynchus turdinus hypostictus)
Range: SA: Amazonia
Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

An especially large and loud wren.
Building a nest.

Yucatan Wren
Yucatan Wren (Campylorhynchus yucatanicus) Near Threatened
Range: MA: n Yucatán Pen. (Mexico)
Ejido San Salvador, Yucatan, Mexico  
   
Photograph by Matt Grube   © All Rights Reserved.


Band-backed Wren
Band-backed Wren (Campylorhynchus zonatus imparilis)
Range: MA, SA: Mexico to Ecuador
Rio Claro Canyon Reserve, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

At nest.


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