Northern Chestnut-breasted Wren
Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0

Wrens

Northern Chestnut-breasted Wren

Cyphorhinus dichrous

LCLeast Concern
Family
Wrens (Troglodytidae)
Order
Passeriformes

Overview

The northern chestnut-breasted wren (Cyphorhinus dichrous) is a species of passerine bird in the wren family Troglodytidae that is found in central Colombia, Ecuador and northern Peru. It was formerly considered as a subspecies of the chestnut-breasted wren (Cyphorhinus thoracicus) now renamed the southern chestnut-breasted wren.

Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Range and habitat

Central and western Andes of Colombia to Peru (San Martín).

Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.

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Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.