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[[Image:Ochraceous_Wren.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|megan+perkins|megan perkins}}<br>Location: Savegre, [[Costa Rica]]]]
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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The Ochraceous Wren, Troglodytes ochraceus, is a small songbird of the wren family. The adult Ochraceous Wren is 9.5 cm long and weighs 9.5 g. It resembles the House Wren, but is brighter with broad yellow-buff supercilia. It has pale brown upperparts with buff underparts, becoming whitish on the belly. The sides of the head are a rich ochre colour. Young birds are similar but have paler supercilia and mottled underparts.
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9.5 cm
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*Broad yellow-buff [[Topography#Heads|supercilium]]
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*Pale brown upperparts
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*Buff underparts
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*White belly
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*Ochre face
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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It is an endemic resident breeding species in Costa Rica and eastern Panama.
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[[Central America]]: fouund in [[Costa Rica]] and [[Panama]]
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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It is sometimes considered to be conspecific with the Mountain Wren, Troglodytes solstitialis, of South America.
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====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>====
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There vare 3 subspecies:
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*''T. o. ochraceus'':
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:*Highlands of [[Costa Rica]]
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*''T. o. ligea'':
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:*Highlands of western [[Panama]] (Chiriquí)
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*''T. o. festinus'':
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:*Eastern [[Panama]] (Serranía de Majé, eastern Panamá, and eastern Darién) and adjacent [[Colombia]]
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==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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It breeds in mountains at 900 m to 2500 m altitude (sometimes up to 3000 m) in wet epiphyte-laden forests, and semi-open areas such as woodland edges, tall second growth and pasture with trees.
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Mountains, forests, and semi-open areas such as woodland edges.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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Its cup nest is constructed in a swinging mass of epiphytes hanging from a branch 5-15 m high in a tree. The eggs are incubated by the female alone for about two weeks to hatching, and the young fledge in about the same length of time again.
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====Breeding====
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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.
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The call of this species is a thin peeew, and the song is mixture of whistles and trills.
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====Diet====
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The diet includes insects and spiders.
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These birds forage actively in vegetation in pairs, family groups, or as part of a mixed-species feeding flock. They eat mainly insects and spiders picked from branches, tree trunks or tangles of mosses, epiphytes and vines.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug21}}#Avibase
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#Wikipedia
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Troglodytes+ochraceus}}
 
{{GSearch|Troglodytes+ochraceus}}
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Missing Images]]
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Troglodytes]] [[Category:Citation needed]]

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

Recommended Citation

External Links

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