The Wrens

Over my stay here at Cloudbridge, I have attempted to photograph each of the eight species of wren that occur in the general area. These include Grey-breasted Wood-wren, Rufous-breasted Wren, Scaly-breasted Wren, Riverside Wren, House Wren, Ochraceous Wren, White-breasted Wood-wren and Isthmian Wren. Wrens are really difficult to photograph due to their small size, active nature, and propensity to forage in dark, densely vegetated areas. Here are the photos that I managed to take...

Rufous-breasted Wren - a more showy wren with a lilting descending song.

Riverside Wren - as the name implies, this wren always lives nearby rivers, however it has never been recorded in the Cloudbridge reserve.

Isthmian Wren - the largest of the wrens that occur in the area. It sings with repeated short phrases.

Grey-breasted Wood-wren - probably the most common wren in Cloudbridge, it can be heard singing whenever you enter dense woodland.

House Wren - a drab wren that looks very much like the European Wren.

Ochraceous Wren - this species is only found in the high elevation primary forest, upwards of around 2000 metres.