Listen to the southern nightingale-wren
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About the southern nightingale-wren
The southern nightingale-wren is a bird in the family Troglodytidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults weigh around 18 g.
What does the southern nightingale-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 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 nightingale-wren (Microcerculus marginatus), also known as the scaly-breasted wren, is a species of bird in the family Troglodytidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.
Related birds in the genus Microcerculus
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
Buff-breasted wren
Cantorchilus leucotis
Song wren
Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus
Frequently asked questions
What does a southern nightingale-wren sound like?
You can hear 5 recordings of the southern nightingale-wren on this page, including its 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 nightingale-wren endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the southern nightingale-wren as “least concern”.
What family does the southern nightingale-wren belong to?
The southern nightingale-wren (Microcerculus marginatus) belongs to the family Troglodytidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Song · Morona-Santiago: e-slope Cord. de Cutucú: Unnsuants, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Microcerculus marginatus - Scaly-brested Wren song; Careiro, Amazonas, Brazil by Hector Bottai – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Reserva Natural Selva, Leticia, Amazonas., Colombia by Felipe Jiménez – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Pichincha: Río Guaycuyacu, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Zamora-Chinchipe: 'Cabañas Yankuam' 2 km S Las Orchideas… by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q2667984 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Southern nightingale-wren – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Hector Bottai – CC BY-SA 4.0