Bicolored Wren (Campylorhynchus griseus)

Other Names (World)
Bicolored Wren, Bicoloured Wren, Bicolored Cactus-wren, Bicoloured Cactus-wren, Guyanian Cactus-wren

Family
Troglodytidae (Wrens)

Size
20 - 22 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Swainson, 1837)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland. From sea-level - 2,100 m.

Range (Guide)

Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (22)...)

Bicolored Wren (Campylorhynchus griseus) [XC454491]
by Rosendo Manuel Fraga from Eb\u00e9jico, Antioquia, Colombia (song)

Bicolored Wren (Campylorhynchus griseus) [XC246895]
by Joe Klaiber from Modulos de Apure, Venezuela (song)

Subspecies
Sometimes considered conspecific with Giant Wren (Campylorhynchus chiapensis), but very widely separated geographically.

The following 6 subspecies are recognised:

albicilius (Bonaparte, 1854) - Northern Colombia and north-western Venezuela (Macaraibo Basin, Falc�n, Lara, western Trujillo).
bicolor (Pelzeln, 1875) - Upper Magdalena Valley and western slope of eastern Andes in Santander and Boyac� (Colombia).
minor (Cabanis, 1850) - Lowlands of northern Venezuela (Cojedes and Apure east to Sucre and Monagas, south to northern Bol��var) and eastern Colombia (Meta).
pallidus Phelps & Phelps Jr, 1947 - Northern Amazonas, in Venezuela.
griseus (Swainson, 1837) - Eastern Venezuela (north-western Amazonas, north-western Bol��var), south-western Guyana and extreme northern Brazil (Roraima).
zimmeri Borrero & Hern�ndez-Camacho, 1958 - Colombia (Huila and Tolima).

References
See References.

Files:

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