- Troglodytes ochraceus
Identification
9.5 cm long and weighs 9.5 g. Broad yellow-buff supercilia, pale brown upperparts with buff underparts, white belly, ochre sides of the head.
Distribution
Costa Rica and eastern Panama.
Taxonomy
It is sometimes considered to be conspecific with the Mountain Wren, Troglodytes solstitialis, of South America.
Habitat
Mountains, forests, and semi-open areas such as woodland edges.
Behaviour
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.
The diet includes insects and spiders.
