Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Troglodytidae (Wrens)  
Genus: Cyphorhinus (3 species)

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)
Range: SA: Amazonia
Pte. Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil
  The least uniformly colored race.
   
Photograph by Hector Bottai     Copyright and usage info

Musician Wren
Musician Wren (Cyphorhinus arada modulator)
Range: SA: Amazonia
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 variation across its large range.

Song Wren
Song Wren (Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus)
Range: MA, SA: Honduras to Ecuador
Soberania National Park, Panama  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Chestnut-breasted Wren
Chestnut-breasted Wren (Cyphorhinus thoracicus dichrous)
Range: SA: Colombia to Bolivia
Cali, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.



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