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Banded Wren
Thryophilus pleurostictus
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About the Banded Wren
The banded wren (Thryophilus pleurostictus) is a small songbird of the wren family. It is a resident breeding species from central Mexico to Costa Rica. It was formerly placed in the genus Thryothorus (Mann et al., 2006). This wren breeds in lowlands and foothills from sea level up to 800 m altitude in open or scrubby woodland, including forest clearings and second growth. It mainly occurs on the Pacific side of the central mountain ranges. Its flask-shaped nest has a long entrance tube angled downward and is lined with fine grasses. It is constructed 1–2.5 m high in a fork of a thorny tree or shrub, often close to a wasp nest.
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Classification
- Scientific name
- Thryophilus pleurostictus
- Family
- Wrens
- Order
- Passeriformes
Similar species
Other members of the wrens family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- Band-backed Wren Campylorhynchus zonatus
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Boucard's Wren Campylorhynchus jocosus
- Cabanis's Wren Cantorchilus modestus
- Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
- Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Clarion Wren Troglodytes tanneri
- Cozumel Wren Troglodytes beani
- Giant Wren Campylorhynchus chiapensis
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Gray-barred Wren Campylorhynchus megalopterus
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