Bicolored Wren - BirdForum Opus

Photo by Robert Scanlon
Arrecifes, Tayrona, Colombia, May 2004

Campylorhynchus griseus

Identification

Subspecies albicilius
Photo © by NJ Larsen
El Camarones, Guajira, Colombia, 28 August 2023

21–22 cm

Dark chocolate-brown crown and nape
White underparts
Whitish supercilium
Dark brown eyestripe

Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 6 subspecies^[1]:

C. g. albicilius:

Tropical northern Colombia to extreme north-western Venezuela

C. g. zimmeri:

Colombia (Huila and Tolima)

C. g. bicolor:

Colombia (upper Río Magdalena, Santander and Boyacá)

C. g. minor:

Tropical eastern Colombia to northern Venezuela

C. g. pallidus:

Southern Venezuela (Amazonas)

C. g. griseus:

Eastern Venezuela (northern Amazonas) to western Guyana and extreme northern Brazil

Habitat

Semi-arid savanna, brushlands, open woods and beaches.

Behaviour

Photo by NJLarsen
Mountain House, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, 19 August 2023

It seems typical that the nest is a bulky structure involving materials that include trash.

Diet

Their main diet consists of invertebrates, but they also eat a lot of vegetable matter including berries and fruit.

References

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Avibase
Birdforum Member observations
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved April 2015)

List of references

Recommended Citation

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Bicolored Wren. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 2 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bicolored_Wren

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