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Rufous-backed Wren
Campylorhynchus capistratus · Family Troglodytidae
Campylorhynchus capistratus
Family Troglodytidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Troglodytidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 220,148
- Countries and territories with records
- 6
About this species
This species has 220,148 occurrence records from 6 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Costa Rica (56.2%), Honduras (13.7%), El Salvador (12.3%), Nicaragua (11.6%) and Guatemala (5.8%); together they account for 99.7% of the total. In Costa Rica, this species accounts for 0.47% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Campylorhynchus capistratus combines the genus name Campylorhynchus with the species epithet capistratus. The Warbla app catalog lists 15 species of the genus Campylorhynchus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus, Campylorhynchus zonatus and Campylorhynchus griseus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 92 species of the family Troglodytidae. This species ranks 15th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Thryothorus ludovicianus. Its record count is 50.6% of the family average (435,441). The family Troglodytidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.