Nombre en español: Cucarachero Ruiseñor

Nombre en ingles: Scaly-breasted Wren

Nombre científico: Microcerculus marginatus

Familia: Troglodytidae

Foto: Memo Gomez/Carlos Mario Bran/Nick Athanas

Canto: Andrew Spencer

El cucarachero ruiseñor sureño (Microcerculus marginatus), también denominado ratona oscura, chivirín ruiseñor, chochín ruiseñor sureño y colchonero ruiseñor, es una especie de ave paseriforme de la familia Troglodytidae que puebla las selvas tropicales de Centro y Sudamérica.

Distribución y hábitats

Se encuentra en Bolivia, Brasil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panamá, Perú y Venezuela.

Su hábitat natural son las selvas húmedas tropicales y subtropicales de regiones bajas.

Southern nightingale-wren

The southern nightingale-wren (Microcerculus marginatus), also known as the scaly-breasted wren, is a species of bird in the family Troglodytidae. Its rich song varies locally over its range, suggesting that more than one species is included in the taxonomic complex currently called the southern nightingale-wren.

It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitatis moist subtropical or tropical lowland forests.

Scaly-breasted Wren is a small wren of Central and South America. The species is found from Costa Rica and Panama south to Bolivia and Peru on the floor of humid forest, especially in ravines. It is round and stub-tailed with a long bill, dull brown above and on the flanks with white underparts and fine black barring on the underparts. Scaly-breasted Wren is the southern component of the species pair that used to be known as Nightingale-wren. That common name («Nightingale-wren») now belongs to the northern taxon, while the Southern Nightingale-wren is now known as Scaly-breasted Wren. The species is very hard to see as it walks on the ground in dense cover, bobbing its rear end.