Santa Marta Wren (Troglodytes monticola)

Other Names (World)
Santa Marta Wren, Paramo Wren

Family
Troglodytidae (Wrens)

Size
11.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
Bangs, 1899

Habitat
Low, thick shrubbery at the timberline and in sheltered spots high in the p�ramo zone. From 3,200 - 4,600 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia.

Upper elevations in Santa Marta massif, in northern Colombia.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 50 - 249 (2010).

Status CR
Habitat destruction and degradation due to human colonisation and cultivation is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (10)...)

Santa Marta Wren (Troglodytes monticola) [XC353312]
by Diego Calderon-F. from Laguna #3, Complejo de Lagunas de Sevilla, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Ci\u00e9naga, Magdalena, Colombia (alarm call, call)

Santa Marta Wren (Troglodytes monticola) [XC353315]
by Iv\u00e1n Lau from Laguna #3, Complejo de Lagunas de Sevilla, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Ci\u00e9naga, Magdalena, Colombia (call, song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Frequently treated as a subspecies of Mountain Wren (Troglodytes solstitialis), although morphologically closer to Ochraceous Wren (Troglodytes ochraceus). Relationships with other montane congeners of Central and South America uncertain, and no DNA analysis yet undertaken.

References
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