Thrush-like Wren

Taxobox
name = Thrush-like Wren


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Troglodytidae
genus = "Campylorhynchus"
species = "C. turdinus"
binomial = "Campylorhynchus turdinus"
binomial_authority = (Wied, 1821)
synonyms = The Thrush-like Wren ("Campylorhynchus turdinus") is a South American species of bird in the Troglodytidae family, the wrens. As suggested by its common and scientific name, its shape and color are vaguely reminiscent of that of a thrush, although the general impression it gives "in life" is very different and not at all "thrush-like".

Overview

With a total length of approximately 20 cm (8 in), it is among the largest species of wrens. The head and mantle are brownish-gray. The wings and upper tail are dull brown with dense blackish barring. The whitish underparts are heavily spotted with dusky, except on the throat. It typically shows a distinctive whitish eye-brow and the relatively long tail is commonly held cocked. The slightly decurved bill is relatively long, and, for a wren, thick. The irides are dull amber, maroon or brown.

Unlike most other wrens, it is typically found from mid-levels to canopy height. Despite its size, it is relatively inconspicious, and usually revealed only by its loud, complex voice, which is highly characteristic. It feeds primarily on insects, but will also take vegetable matter and small invertebrates. Typically forages in pairs or small groups.

ubspecies and distribution

The Thrush-like Wren inhabits three main regions; each with its own subspecies. "C. turdinus hypostictus" is found in the southern and western Amazon Rainforest in south-eastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, northern Bolivia and Amazonian Brazil south of the Amazon River. The paler, greyer and much more uniform "C. t. unicolor" is found in the drier and more open wooded habitats in the Pantanal of Brazil, eastern Bolivia, Paraguay and far northern Argentina (where range is expanding). The nominate subspecies, "C. t. turdinus", resembles "C. t. hypostictus" both in habitat preference and morphology, and is found in the narrow coastal belt of Atlantic moist forests in eastern Brazil from near Salvador da Bahia in north to Espírito Santo in south. It is relatively common in most of its range.

ource

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/51993/all Campylorhynchus turdinus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 25 July 2007.

External links

* [http://ibc.hbw.com/ibc/phtml/especie.phtml?idEspecie=5717 Thrush-like Wren videos] on the Internet Bird Collection
* [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/search.html?Form=Search&SEARCHBY=Common&KEYWORDS=thrush-like+wren&showwhat=images&AGE=All&SEX=All&ACT=All&Search=Search&VIEW=All&ORIENTATION=All&RESULTS=24 Thrush-like Wren photo gallery] VIREO [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/species_image.php?species=Campylorhynchus+turdinus Photo-High Res]
* [http://www.ib.usp.br/ceo/images/camtur.jpgPhoto-High Res] ; [http://www.ib.usp.br/ceo/imag_sons/fvtrogl.htm Article] ib.usp.br—"Troglodytidae"
* [http://www.justbirds.org/Brasile/Thrush-like%20wren.htm Photo-High Res] ; [http://www.justbirds.org/zpagine%20thumbnail/Brazil%20Thumbnails.htm Article] justbirds–"Brazil Birds"