Northern nightingale-wren
The northern nightingale-wren, or nightingale wren, is a species of passerine bird in the family Troglodytidae. It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua.
Taxonomy and systematics
The northern nightingale-wren forms a species pair with the southern nightingale-wren and was in the past considered conspecific with it. It is currently treated as a species in its own right by the International Ornithological Committee and the Clements taxonomy, though under different English names. It is monotypic.Description
The northern nightingale-wren is long; seven males weighed and four females. Adults are almost entirely dark brown, but with a dark gray throat and breast. Black tips on feathers of both the upper- and undersides give a scalloped appearance. Juveniles are similar though the scaling on their upperparts is darker and that on the underparts is whitish to pale gray.Distribution and habitat
The northern nightingale-wren is found from Chiapas in Mexico through Guatemala, southern Belize, Honduras, and Nicaragua into northern Costa Rica. It mostly occurs along the Atlantic side but is found locally on the Pacific side in Chiapas and Costa Rica. In Mexico it ranges in elevation from near sea level to, and in Costa Rica occasionally up to that level but more commonly only as high as.The northern nightingale-wren inhabits the interior of lowland tropical forest. It favors virgin evergreen forest and undisturbed cloud forest.