Coraya Wren
Pheugopedius coraya
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- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Chordates)
- ClassAves (Birds)
- OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
- FamilyTroglodytidae (Wrens)
- GenusPheugopedius (Pheugopedius Wrens)
- SpeciesPheugopedius coraya (Coraya Wren)
About the Coraya Wren
The coraya wren (Pheugopedius coraya) is a species of bird in the family Troglodytidae, the wrens. The coraya wren was formally described in 1789 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae. He placed it with the thrushes in the genus Turdus and coined the binomial name Turdus coraya. Gmelin based his description on "Le Coraya" from Cayenne in French Guiana that had been described in 1778 by the French polymath the Comte de Buffon in his Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux. A hand-coloured engraving by François-Nicolas Martinet was published to accompany Buffon's text. The word "coraya" as the specific epithet and in the common name is a homophone for the French queue rayée meaning "barred tail". The coraya wren is now one of twelve placed in the genus Pheugopedius that was introduced in 1851 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis.
Ten subspecies are recognised: P. c. obscurus (Zimmer, JT & Phelps, WH, 1947) – east Venezuela P. c. caurensis (Berlepsch & Hartert, EJO, 1902) – east Colombia, south Venezuela and northwest Brazil P. c. barrowcloughianus (Aveledo & Peréz, 1994) – southeast Venezuela... Wikipedia →
Recent sightings of Coraya Wren in Podocarpus National Park
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Global Distribution
Warmer areas are where this animal is recorded most often.
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 2 | Canaima National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 3 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 4 | Anavilhanas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 6 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 7 | Cordillera Azul National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 8 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 9 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Coraya Wren in Podocarpus National Park?
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Coraya Wren sighting in Podocarpus National Park, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Coraya Wren in Podocarpus National Park?
July has the highest sighting rate for Coraya Wren in Podocarpus National Park in our monthly data.