Listen to the Buff-breasted wren
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About the Buff-breasted wren
The Buff-breasted wren is a bird in the family Troglodytidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Buff-breasted wren sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as song. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The buff-breasted wren (Cantorchilus leucotis) is a species of bird in the family Troglodytidae. It is found in the Amazon Basin of northern Brazil and Amazonian Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and northern-border Bolivia, and also the Guianan countries of Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana. It occurs in non-Amazonian regions of Venezuela and Colombia and its range extends into eastern Panama.
Related birds in the genus Cantorchilus
More from the family Troglodytidae
Eurasian wren
Troglodytes troglodytes
Northern house wren
Troglodytes aedon
Marsh wren
Cistothorus palustris
Rock wren
Salpinctes obsoletus
Carolina wren
Thryothorus ludovicianus
Bewick's wren
Thryomanes bewickii
Musician wren
Cyphorhinus arada
Grey-mantled wren
Odontorchilus branickii
Band-backed wren
Campylorhynchus zonatus
Southern nightingale-wren
Microcerculus marginatus
Song wren
Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus
Frequently asked questions
What does a Buff-breasted wren sound like?
You can hear 2 recordings of the Buff-breasted wren on this page, including its song. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the Buff-breasted wren endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Buff-breasted wren as “least concern”.
What family does the Buff-breasted wren belong to?
The Buff-breasted wren (Cantorchilus leucotis) belongs to the family Troglodytidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Song · Sucumbíos: 'La Selva Jungle Lodge', n bank Río Napo, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Orellana: Laguna Añangu ('Napo Wildlife Center'), s-bank… by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q4780970 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Buff-breasted wren – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Clodomiro Esteves Junior – CC BY-SA 4.0