Band-backed Wren vs Black-bellied Wren

Campylorhynchus zonatus compared with Pheugopedius fasciatoventris

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute Band-backed Wren Black-bellied Wren
Scientific Name Campylorhynchus zonatus Pheugopedius fasciatoventris
Order Passeriformes Passeriformes
Family Troglodytidae Troglodytidae
Conservation Status Least Concern Least Concern
Length
Wingspan 15.7 cm (6.2 in) 13.4 cm (5.3 in)
Weight 30.32 g (1.07 oz) 26.0 g (0.92 oz)
Diet -- --
Clutch Size 3-5 --
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Shared Habitats

None

Band-backed Wren only

Black-bellied Wren only

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Conservation Status

Least Concern

Band-backed Wren

Least Concern

Black-bellied Wren

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About These Birds

Band-backed Wren

The Band-backed Wren is a large wren found in humid forests and forest edges from Mexico through Central America to northwestern South America, belonging to the family Troglodytidae. Weighing about 30.3g with a wingspan of 15.7cm, it has boldly barred upperparts and lives in noisy social groups. It forages actively through dense vegetation for insects and small invertebrates.

Black-bellied Wren

The Black-bellied Wren is a secretive, boldly patterned wren of Central American and northwestern South American lowland forests, with its underparts strongly barred black and white. It inhabits the dense undergrowth of humid tropical forests and forest edges from Honduras south to Colombia and Venezuela. It feeds on insects and other invertebrates, skulking in thickets and rarely exposing itself in the open.

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