Alternative name: Southern Nightingale-Wren
- Microcerculus marginatus
Identification
Brown upperside, pale breast. Southern birds have scaled breast, but northern ones lack visible scaling.
Distribution
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.
Taxonomy
This species has in the past been considered conspecific with Nightingale Wren
Six subspecies are recognized[1]:
- M. m. luscinia
- M. m. taeniatus
- M. m. occidentalis
- M. m. corrasus
- M. m. squamulatus
- M. m. marginatus
At least one source have considered *M. m. luscinia a full species, Whistling Wren
Habitat
Moist lowland forests.
Behaviour
Usually walks on the ground in the forest.
Song consists of widely spaced notes.
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Avibase
- Garrigues and Dean 2007. The birds of Costa Rica - a field guide. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-7373-9
