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:*Highlands of western [[Panama]] (Chiriquí)
 
:*Highlands of western [[Panama]] (Chiriquí)
 
*''T. o. festinus'':
 
*''T. o. festinus'':
:*Eastern [[Panama]] (Mount Pirre) and possibly adjacent [[Colombia]]
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:*Eastern [[Panama]] (Serranía de Majé, eastern Panamá, and eastern Darién) and adjacent [[Colombia]]
  
It is sometimes considered to be conspecific with the [[Mountain Wren]], ''Troglodytes solstitialis'', of [[South America]].<sup>citation needed</sup>
 
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
Mountains, forests, and semi-open areas such as woodland edges.
 
Mountains, forests, and semi-open areas such as woodland edges.
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The diet includes insects and spiders.
 
The diet includes insects and spiders.
 
==References==
 
==References==
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#Wikipedia
 
#Wikipedia
 
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Latest revision as of 00:47, 13 September 2021

Troglodytes ochraceus
Photo by megan perkins
Location: Savegre, Costa Rica

Identification

9.5 cm

  • Broad yellow-buff supercilium
  • Pale brown upperparts
  • Buff underparts
  • White belly
  • Ochre face

Distribution

Central America: fouund in Costa Rica and Panama

Taxonomy

Subspecies[1]

There vare 3 subspecies:

  • T. o. ochraceus:
  • T. o. ligea:
  • Highlands of western Panama (Chiriquí)
  • T. o. festinus:
  • Eastern Panama (Serranía de Majé, eastern Panamá, and eastern Darién) and adjacent Colombia

Habitat

Mountains, forests, and semi-open areas such as woodland edges.

Behaviour

Breeding

It builds a cup shaped nest in a mass of epiphytes hanging from a branch 5-15 m high in a tree. The eggs are incubated by the female for about 14 days, and the young fledge in after a further 14 days.

Diet

The diet includes insects and spiders.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Wikipedia

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