Bicoloured Wren (Campylorhynchus griseus)
Bicoloured Wren, Roraima, Brazil, July 2001 - click for a larger image Roraima, Brazil
July 2001

The Bicoloured Wren is found from northern Colombia through Venezuela, interior Guyanas and the extreme north of Brazil in Roraima.

It likes open, scrubby areas and light woodland where they tend to be conspicuous on branches or the ground often with their tail cocked.

Amazon Kingfisher, Brazil, Sept 2000 - click for a larger image It is distinguished by its large size, its bold, white supercilium and its white underparts contrasting with dark brown upperparts.

The second and third photos show birds with buffy underparts and supercilium. After a lot of help from some of the experts, it seems that these are immatures although there is a possibility that they are birds that have been dust-bathing.

Amazon Kingfisher, Brazil, Sept 2000 - click for a larger image There are illustrations in Hilty & Brown, Plate 42; and Ridgely & Tudor, Volume 1, Plate 3.
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