Listen to the southern chestnut-breasted wren
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About the southern chestnut-breasted wren
The southern chestnut-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 southern chestnut-breasted wren sound like?
Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once. Songs tend to be long and patterned and are used to hold territory and attract a mate; calls are short signals for contact, alarm and flight.
The recordings here are labelled as alarm call and 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 southern chestnut-breasted wren (Cyphorhinus thoracicus) is a species of passerine bird in the wren family Troglodytidae that is found in southern Peru and the extreme northwest of Bolivia. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the northern chestnut-breasted wren (Cyphorhinus dichrous) with the English name "chestnut-breasted wren".
Related birds in the genus Cyphorhinus
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
Grey-mantled wren
Odontorchilus branickii
Band-backed wren
Campylorhynchus zonatus
Southern nightingale-wren
Microcerculus marginatus
Buff-breasted wren
Cantorchilus leucotis
Frequently asked questions
What does a southern chestnut-breasted wren sound like?
You can hear 2 recordings of the southern chestnut-breasted wren on this page, including its alarm call and song. Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once.
Is the southern chestnut-breasted wren endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the southern chestnut-breasted wren as “least concern”.
What family does the southern chestnut-breasted wren belong to?
The southern chestnut-breasted wren (Cyphorhinus thoracicus) belongs to the family Troglodytidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Alarm call · Zamora-Chinchipe: Reserva Tapichalaca, near Q. Cristopher… by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Napo: pass of Cord. de los Guacamayos, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q3314707 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Southern chestnut-breasted wren – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by J. Werner – Public domain