Listen to the Plain-tailed wren
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About the Plain-tailed wren
The Plain-tailed wren is a bird in the family Troglodytidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults weigh around 34 g.
What does the Plain-tailed wren sound like?
Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round. Listening for both helps with identification.
The recordings here are labelled as song and call. 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 plain-tailed wren (Pheugopedius euophrys) is a species of songbird in the family Troglodytidae. It has a mostly rufous body with a gray, black, and white striped head. It is found in the Andes of southern Colombia, Ecuador, and northern Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Plain-tailed wrens are so-called bamboo specialists and live almost exclusively in chusquea bamboo thickets. Like other wrens, its diet consists mainly of insects with some seeds and berries.
Related birds in the genus Pheugopedius
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
Frequently asked questions
What does a Plain-tailed wren sound like?
You can hear 6 recordings of the Plain-tailed wren on this page, including its song and call. Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round.
Is the Plain-tailed wren endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Plain-tailed wren as “least concern”.
What family does the Plain-tailed wren belong to?
The Plain-tailed wren (Pheugopedius euophrys) belongs to the family Troglodytidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Audio recordings of the Plain-tailed Wren (Thryothorus euophrys) - pone.0077902.s003 by Harris J, Haskell D – CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Morona-Santiago: Tambo de Ashilán, upper Río Upano, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call, song · Morona-Santiago: Tambo de Ashilán, upper Río Upano, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Azuay: Arenales, right bank of Río Paute, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Napo: Cord. de los Guacamayos (2035-2150 m), Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Pichincha: Pasochoa, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q4752620 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Plain-tailed wren – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Browerk – CC BY-SA 3.0