Birds of the World - Cinnycerthia


Fulvous Wren (Cinnycerthia fulva) Range: SA: Peru and Bolivia Keara, La Paz, Bolivia
Photograph by Joe Tobias © All Rights Reserved.

Very similar to Peruvian Wren but vocally different. Looks like a Mountain Wren, but darker and a bit larger. Like the Peruvian Wren, may have a white or brown forehead.


Sepia-brown Wren (Cinnycerthia olivascens olivascens) Range: SA: Colombia to Peru ProAves Tangaras Reserve, El Carmen de Atrato, Choco, Colombia Often called Sharpe's Wren. Some birds have a white forehead.
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Sepia-brown Wren (Cinnycerthia olivascens) Immature Range: SA: Colombia to Peru Rio Blanco Ecological Reserve, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia Immature Sepia-brown Wrens, unlike humans, have grey heads.
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Moves in small groups that can suddenly become very loud.


Peruvian Wren (Cinnycerthia peruana) Range: SA: Peru Villa Rica-Oxapampa road, Pasco region, Peru
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.


Peruvian Wren (Cinnycerthia peruana) Range: SA: Peru Paty Trail, Carpish, Huánuco region, Peru
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.

Once a subspecies of the Sepia-brown Wren (Sharpe's Wren) found further north. Found in dense primary or secondary growth, and moves in small groups. Like Sharpe's Wren, some individuals have white foreheads.


Rufous Wren (Cinnycerthia unirufa) Range: SA: Venezuela and Colombia to Peru Chingaza National Park, Colombia Other races are more uniformly colored; these have lighter colored heads.
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Usually seen in small groups.
Uniformly colored race.