Inca Wren (Pheugopedius eisenmanni)

Order: Passeriformes | Family: Troglodytidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Machu-Picchu, Cuzco

Identification & Behavior: ~15.5 cm (6.1 in). The Inca Wren has rufous upperparts with no markings. The tail is rufous, barred with black. The head is dusky patterned with white superciliary. The throat and most of the underparts are white heavily streaked/spotted with black. The flanks are rufous. It forages in pairs or family groups in humid montane forests where it is mostly associated with Chusquea bamboo. It does not overlap with the similar Speckle-breasted Wren.

Status: Endemic. The Inca Wren is fairly common in its small range on the east slope of the southern Andes at elevations ranging between 1700-3350 m.

Name in Spanish: Cucarachero Inca.

Sub-species: Inca Wren (Pheugopedius eisenmanni), (T. A. Parker and O’Neill), 1985.

Meaning of Name: Pheugopedius: Gr. pheugo= to shun and pous, podos= foot. eisenmanni: In honor of Eugene Eisenmann (1906-1981) US/Panamanian ornithologist.

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References:

- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2016.

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