Order: Passeriformes | Family: Troglodytidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Madre De Dios, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Pichincha, Ecuador
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonia, Colombia
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Madre De Dios, Peru
Status: The Scaly-breasted Wren is generally uncommon but can be fairly common by sound. It is widespread in Amazonia where it is known to range up to 1200 m along the foothill of the Andes. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Cucarachero de Pecho Escamado.
Sub-species: Scaly-breasted Wren (Microcerculus marginatus marginatus), (P. L. Sclater), 1855.
Meaning of Name: Microcerculus: Gr. mikros= small and kerkos= tail. marginatus: L. margo, marginis= border, edge; marginatus= bordered, edged.

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- 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.