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White-breasted Wood-Wren

Henicorhina leucosticta

Wrens (Troglodytidae) · Passeriformes (Passeriformes)

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White-breasted Wood-Wren

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Often mixed up with

In quizzes, players most often confuse White-breasted Wood-Wren with these birds— either this species was picked by mistake, or the other way around.

Species Mix-ups
Grey-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucophrys 4
Isthmian Wren Cantorchilus elutus 3
Thicket Antpitta Myrmothera dives 1
Black-faced Antthrush Formicarius analis 1
Bay Wren Cantorchilus nigricapillus 1

Family

Wrens are a family, Troglodytidae, of small brown passerine birds. The family includes 96 species and is divided into 19 genera. All species are restricted to the New World except for the Eurasian wren that is widely distributed in the Old World.

Order

A passerine () is any bird of the order Passeriformes (; from Latin passer 'sparrow' and formis '-shaped'), which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds, passerines generally have an anisodactyl arrangement of their toes (three pointing forward and one back), which facilitates perching. With more than 140 families and some 6,500 identified species, Passeriformes is the largest order of birds and one of the most diverse clades of terrestrial vertebrates, representing 60% of …

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