#Zeledonia coronata

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BOTD: Wrenthrush

Photo: Steven Easley

"A strange little understory bird, unmistakable if seen well. Plump and very short-tailed, like a small antpitta or wren. Mostly gray with olive back; most distinctive feature is orange crown. Sexes alike. Found in high-elevation forests from 1500m to treeline, often around bamboo, and always close to the ground. Listen for high, thin calls."

- eBird

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Wrenthrush (Guillermo Saborío Vega)

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Wrenthrush (Zeledonia coronata), family Zeledoniidae, Panama

This is the only member of this family.

photograph by Anthony Batista

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A new variant has been added!

Wrenthrush (Zeledonia coronata) © Henrik Grønvold

It hatches from distinctive, high, little, olive, orange, plump, short, small, strange, thin, and unmistakable eggs.

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Wrenthrush (Zeledonia coronata)

© Carlos Bethancourt

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Day 13 for my challenge, a Wrenthrush requested by @zeledonia!  Fun fact, it’s neither a wren or a thrush.  Birds are great.

Feel free to suggest more birds! 

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August 22, 2016 - Wrenthrush or Zeledonia (Zeledonia coronata)

Requested by: @zeledonia

Found only in northern Costa Rica to west-central Panama, these birds have been classified in their own family, though more research may be needed to determine where they belong. They forage mostly on the ground in dense vegetation, searching for spiders, insects, and other arthropods. Weak fliers, they often leap from a perch to fly or glide downhill with rapid wingbeats and may be incapable of long sustained flight. Their nests are hollow spheres of mosses, built on the ground.

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Wrenthrush (Nick Athanas)

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Wrenthrush (Tom Johnson)

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Not-Warbler Showdown Finale: Bracket 10

Gray-throated Chat (Granatellus sallaei)

IUCN Rating: Least Concern

Range: resident; southern Mexico, especially the Yucatan, as well as Belize and Guatemala

Habitat: lowland forests and their edges in dry and semi-humid areas

Subspecies: 2

Wrenthrush (Zeledonia coronata)

IUCN Rating: Least Concern

Range: resident; Costa Rica to western Panama, purely in the highlands

Habitat: montane evergreen and elfin forests, especially near streams; a big fan of wet, fog-covered regions.

Subspecies: none

Olive Warbler (Peucedramus taeniatus)

IUCN Rating: Least Concern

Range: semi-migratory; breeds from southern Arizona and New Mexico down to northern Nicaragua. The northern population (AZ, NM, Sinaloa, Nuevo Leon) move south for winter.

Habitat: prefers open forests heavy with pine, fir and an understory with oak.

Subspecies: 5

Image Sources: Grey (Luke Seitz); Wrenthrush (Leonardo Valverde); Olive (Bryan Calk)

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Not-Warbler Showdown; Bracket 10.2, Poll 2

Rose-breasted Chat (Granatellus pelzelni)

IUCN Rating: Least Concern

Range: resident; central Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana, as well as much of central Brazil

Habitat: tropical rainforests and their edges, but also tolerates drier deciduous forest; typically by rivers or lagoons at their interior

Subspecies: 2

Wrenthrush (Zeledonia coronata)

IUCN Rating: Least Concern

Range: resident; Costa Rica to western Panama, purely in the highlands

Habitat: montane evergreen and elfin forests, especially near streams; a big fan of wet, fog-covered regions.

Subspecies: none

Image Sources: RBCH (Dubi Shapiro); wrenthrush (Leonardo Valverde)

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Warbler Showdown; Bracket 10, Poll 4

Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens)

IUCN Rating: Least Concern

Range: migratory; breeds across the US and Mexico, though with pockets of extreme density in the Southeast US and Northwest Mexico; overwinters in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and sparsely into the rest of Central America.

Habitat: dense and shrubby vegetation, especially those found around water (though the amount of water is negligible)

Subspecies: 2

Wrenthrush (Zeledonia coronata)

IUCN Rating: Least Concern

Range: resident; Costa Rica to western Panama, purely in the highlands

Habitat: montane evergreen and elfin forests, especially near streams; a big fan of wet, fog-covered regions.

Subspecies: none

Image Sources: YBCH (Connor Cochrane); wrenthrush (Leonardo Valverde)