Moustached wren

Moustached wren
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Troglodytidae
Genus: Pheugopedius
Species: P. genibarbis
Binomial name
Pheugopedius genibarbis
(Swainson, 1837)

The moustached wren (Pheugopedius genibarbis) is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.

It is 15.5 cm long. It is reddish-brown above with buff flanks and a greyish crown and nape. The sides of the head are streaked black and white and it has a black moustache.

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