Bar-winged Wood-Wren
Encyclopedia
The Bar-winged Wood-Wren (Henicorhina leucoptera) is a species of bird
in the Troglodytidae family.
It is found locally in humid Andean forest in southern Ecuador
and northern Peru
.
It is threatened by habitat loss. As suggested by its name, it has a single distinctive white wing-bar.
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
in the Troglodytidae family.
It is found locally in humid Andean forest in southern Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
and northern Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
.
It is threatened by habitat loss. As suggested by its name, it has a single distinctive white wing-bar.