Wing-banded Wren (Microcerculus bambla)

Identification & Behavior: ~11 cm (4.3 in). The Wing-banded Wren has dark brown upperparts, a relatively short tail, and a broad white band across the middle of the wing. The throat, breast, and rest of the underparts are barred with black. It forages alone on the forest floor in Amazonian. It is a great songster easily heard when present. It is similar to the Scaly-breasted Wren but is distinguished by having a gray throat and breast, and by the white band across the wing.

Status: The Wing-banded Wren is apparently restricted to a small region in central Peru and extreme northeast Peru where it is rare.  The status of this species is little understood. It also occurs in Ec and Br.

Name in Spanish: Cucarachero de Ala Bandeada.

Sub-species: Wing-banded Wren (Microcerculus bambla albigularis), (P. L. Sclater), 1858.

Meaning of Name: Microcerculus: Gr. mikros= small and kerkos= tail. bambla: Perhaps a homophone of the French “bande blanche”= White band.

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