Bicolored wren

Bicolored wren
in Barquisimeto, Venezuela
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Troglodytidae
Genus: Campylorhynchus
Species: C. griseus
Binomial name
Campylorhynchus griseus
(Swainson, 1837)

The bicolored wren (Campylorhynchus griseus) is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family. It is found in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, and far-northern Brazil.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest. At 21.5 cm (8.5 in) long, it is the largest South American wren and second in size only to the giant wren overall for the family.

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