Stripe-throated wren facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Stripe-throated wren |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Troglodytidae |
| Genus: | Cantorchilus |
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C. leucopogon
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| Cantorchilus leucopogon (Salvadori & Festa, 1899)
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Thryothorus leucopogon |
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The stripe-throated wren (Cantorchilus leucopogon) is a small bird that belongs to the wren family, Troglodytidae. You can find this bird in countries like Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama.
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About the Stripe-throated Wren
Scientists study how different animals are related. The stripe-throated wren has two main types, called subspecies. These are like slightly different versions of the same species. They are named C. l. leucopogon and C. l. grisescens.
What Does It Look Like?
The stripe-throated wren is about 12 cm (4.7 in) long. That's about the length of a small ruler!
Adult birds have a dark brown head and back. Their tail is a reddish-brown color with thin black stripes. They have a grayish-white stripe above their eyes, like an eyebrow.
Their face, chin, and throat have cool black and grayish-white stripes. These stripes stop suddenly at their chest, which is a deep reddish-buff color. This color continues down their belly, getting darker. Young wrens look a lot like the adults, but their face and throat stripes are not as clear. The C. l. grisescens subspecies is generally lighter and more gray.
Where Does It Live?
The two types of stripe-throated wrens live in different areas. The C. l. grisescens subspecies lives more to the east. You can find it on the Caribbean side of eastern Panama and northern Colombia.
The other subspecies, C. l. leucopogon, lives on the Pacific side. It ranges from eastern Panama south through western Colombia into western Ecuador. These wrens like to live at the edges of special forests called várzea forests. They also live in secondary forests, which are forests that have grown back after being cleared. They can be found from sea level up to 900 m (3,000 ft) high.
How It Behaves
What the Wren Eats
Stripe-throated wrens usually look for food in pairs. Sometimes, they even join groups of different bird species looking for food together! They typically hunt for food in thick plants, usually between 3 and 10 m (9.8 and 32.8 ft) above the ground. While we don't know everything about their diet, we do know they eat insects.
Reproduction and Nests
We don't know a lot about how the stripe-throated wren raises its young. Their nest is described as a "messy ball" with an opening on the side. They usually build their nests near the end of a small tree branch. They don't try very hard to hide their nests.
What the Wren Sounds Like
The stripe-throated wren's song is a simple sound. It's described as "a tuneless repetition of 2–3 notes, 'chi-chi-chi'".
Conservation Status
The IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) has looked at the stripe-throated wren. They have decided that it is a species of "Least Concern." This means it's not currently in danger of disappearing. However, it seems to be quite rare in many parts of the areas where it lives.
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 | Alma Thomas |
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