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Gray Wren
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Gray Wren
Cantorchilus griseus
The grey wren (Cantorchilus griseus) is a species of bird in the family Troglodytidae. It is endemic to humid forests in the southwestern part of the Amazonas state in Brazil. This small, poorly known wren somewhat resembles a house wren, but its upperparts are grey.
From the article Grey wren on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The grey wren is 11.5 cm (4.5 in) long. The adults have a lead-gray crown and upperparts; the tail is also gray with broad blackish bars. It has a faint whitish supercilium and the rest of the face is gray. The throat is whitish gray, the chest gray, and the belly a slightly buffy gray. It differs from others of its genus in its smaller overall size, its shorter tail, the gray plumage, and the absence of prominent facial markings.
Range & habitat
The grey wren is known only from a small area of Brazil, along the right bank of the Rio Javarí and the upper reaches of the Rio Juruá and Rio Purus to the southeast. The Rio Javari forms the border with Peru but the species is unknown on that side (the left bank) of the river. It is a bird of thick vegetation, inhabiting overgrown clearings and the undergrowth of várzea forest. In elevation it ranges only as high as 200 m (660 ft).
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
What it does
The grey wren's diet has not been documented. It is known to forage in pairs and small family groups in its habitat's tangled undergrowth.
Wikipedia: “Feeding”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 144881.