Bicolored Wren

Bicolored Wren

Campylorhynchus griseus

Silhouette: Andy Wilson · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely
at Barranquilla

In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%

313 Verified sightings at Barranquilla
990 In all 2 parks From 2019 to 2026
April Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Bicolored Wren

The bicolored wren (Campylorhynchus griseus) is a species of bird in the family Troglodytidae. It is found in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, and Brazil. It has sometimes been treated as conspecific with the giant wren (Campylorhynchus chiapensis) and might form a superspecies with it. Subspecies C. g. zimmeri has been considered to be an intergrade between albicius and the nominate griseus.

The bicolored wren is the largest South American wren and second in size only to the giant wren overall in the family. It is 21 to 22 cm (8.3 to 8.7 in) long and weighs 37 to 46.5 g (1.31 to 1.64 oz). The sexes are similar. The nominate adults have dark chocolate crowns and napes and their upperparts a paler chocolate. An off-white supercilium separates a dark brown stripe through the eye from the crown and the rest of the face is also white. Their tail is dark brown; all of the tail feathers except the... Wikipedia →

Sounds

Call0:04

Brazil · 2024

© JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA · XC939116 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Song0:09

Colombia · 2022

© Hugo Oliveros-Salas · XC731341 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Recording0:24

Venezuela · 2004

© Rosendo Manuel Fraga · XC466008 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Tayrona National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~60%
2 Darién National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Maracaibo 🇻🇪 Venezuela
~60%
2 Barranquilla 🇨🇴 Colombia
~40%
3 Medellín 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%

Zoos & Centres Where Found

# Zoo / Centre Country
1 Aviario Nacional de Colombia 🇨🇴 Colombia In captivity

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Bicolored Wren in Barranquilla?

Likely

About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Bicolored Wren sighting in Barranquilla on a given day, based on 313 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 20th most-seen of the 153 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Bicolored Wren in Barranquilla?

April

In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Bicolored Wren in Barranquilla on a given day, against about 30% in October and December–March, the lowest months. That is one of Barranquilla's driest months, with about 40 mm of rain against 220 mm in October.

What time of day is best to see a Bicolored Wren?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bicolored Wren sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Barranquilla the best place to see a Bicolored Wren?

2nd of 3

Of the 3 cities where we can rate Bicolored Wren sightings, Barranquilla ranks 2nd at about 40%. The best odds are in Maracaibo (Venezuela, about 60%).

Where does the Bicolored Wren sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Bicolored Wren is recorded against all the birds logged in Barranquilla (313 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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