Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Band-backed Wren FAMILY - Troglodytidae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Campylorhynchus zonatus SYNONYMS - Picolaptes zonatus - Lesson, 1832 REFERENCES - 1 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Resident, species present all year. 30 Resident, species present all year. 29 Apparently secure in Belize 28 Uncommon: occur at low density in proper habitat. 28 District Reference Belize 6 Cayo 5 Toledo 4 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve 19 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve 5 Chiquibul Forest Reserve Sighting Dry season 13 Chiquibul Forest Reserve Sighting Dry season 14 Chiquibul Forest Reserve 18 Chiquibul Forest Reserve Dry season 16 Chiquibul Forest Reserve Dry season 8 Chiquibul Forest Reserve Collected as voucher 25 Columbia River Forest Reserve Heard Wet season 16 Columbia River Forest Reserve Dry season 4 Columbia River Forest Reserve 24 Gallon Jug Sighting Dry season 17 Guanacaste National Park Dry season 15 Tapir Mtn. Nature Reserve 20 Chiquibul National Park Dry season 16 Chiquibul National Park Collected as voucher 26 Chiquibul National Park 18 Chiquibul National Park 19 Bladen Nature Reserve 11 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 22 Monkey Bay Wildlife Sanctuary (Privat 12 Caracol Archaeological Reserve 10 Private land, see comments Permanent 16 Private land, see comments Collected as voucher 26 Private land, see comments Collected as voucher 27 Private land, see comments 19 Private land, see comments 7 Private land, see comments 9 Private land, see comments Sighting 21 Private land, see comments Collected as voucher 27 Government land Collected as voucher 25 Hydrologic Association Reference Roaring Creek 20 Macal River 18 Macal River 5 Bladen Branch 11 Belize River 7 Sibun River 12 Raspaculo River 13 Belize River 16 Elevation Reference 1-200 m 21 1-200 m 23 1-200 m 25 1-200 m 26 1-200 m 27 201-400 m 25 201-400 m 26 601-800 m 24 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 25 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 17 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 23 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 45' to 89 00' 27 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 6 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 21 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 7 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 12 16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 23 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 16 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 30' to 88 45' 26 16 30' to 16 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 27 16 30' to 16 45'; 88 45' to 89 00' 9 16 30' to 16 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 16 16 15' to 16 30'; 89 00' to 89 15' 20 16 15' to 16 30'; 88 45' to 89 00' 23 16 00' to 16 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 6 16 00' to 16 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 23 6 10 16 18 19 25 16 5 22 26 8 22 24 4 16 19 16 Holdridge Life Zone Reference Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 25 Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 23 Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 20 Subtropical wet 22 Subtropical moist 27 Subtropical moist 26 Subtropical moist 23 Subtropical moist 21 Subtropical Lower Montane moist 26 Subtropical Lower Montane moist 24 General Distribution Comments 30* Uncommon northern semideciduous moist forest. Uncommon southern moist-wet evergreen broadleaf forests. 29* Uncommon in southern hardwood forests. 20* NE portion TMNR, base camp Pook's Hill 19* Blue Creek 18* Guacamallo 16* Ballerina Camp; Guacamallo; Duck Run; Camp VI; Mountain Cow; Toledo Settlement; Augustine; San Pedro Columbia 11* Lower Quebrada de Oro and Bladen from Calera to Hellgate; very rare in upper reaches of Quebrada de Oro 8* Los Cuevis Camp 9* Sighted at or within 5 mile radius of Chaa Creek Cottages 7* Banana Bank Ranch 5* Francelia Camp and Rubber Camp 4* Rare at Gloria Camp; recorded American Camp. References 1 A.O.U. 1983. Checklist of North American Birds. 6th Ed. 2 A.O.U. 1985, 1987, 1989. 35th-37th Supplements. 3 Howard, R. and A. Moore. 1980. A Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Oxford. 4 Parker, T. A. III, B. K. Holst, L. H. Emmons, J. R. Meyer. 1993. A Biological Assessment of the Columbia River Forest Reserve, Toledo District, Belize. pp.71-78 5 Miller, B.W.; C.M. Miller. 1992. Preliminary Avian Survey of the Upper Macal River: Rubber Camp and Francelia Camp, pp.55-63. in Macal River Hydroelectric Development Environmental Impact Assessment Rubber Camp and Chalillo Schemes Pre-feasibility Study - Draft Environmental Appendix. Vol. II of III 6 Miller, B. W., 1994. Belize Christmas Bird Counts, Twenty Year Summary. in prep. 7 Duncan, M., W. Duncan. 1993. Banana Bank, Nov. 1, Checklist provided in lit. 8 Miller, B., C. Miller. 1992. Biodiversity Reconnaissance in Chiquibul National Park, 13-19 July. Unpublished report. 9 Carnegie Ornithological Group and Mass Audubon Ornithological Group, compilers. 1993. Chaa Creek Bird List. Unpublished list. 10 Miller, B. W., C. M. Miller. 1994, Birds of Caracol, 1988 - 1993. in prep. 11 Brokaw, N. L. V., T. L. Lloyd-Evans. 1987. The Bladen Branch Wilderness. p.38-42. Unpublished report. 12 Anon. 1994. Monkey Bay Checklist of Birds. Unpublished list. 13 Mallory, E. 1991. Survey of Birds and their Habitats, of the Joint Services Scientific Expedition to Upper Raspaculo, Maya Mountains, Belize. 14 Mallory, E. 1993. Birds of the Upper Raspaculo, Belize: JSSEUR II. Unpublished report. 15 McDuffie, P. 1993. Personal Bird List for Belize: September 1, 1989 - December 15, 1993. Unpublished list. 16 Russell, S. M. 1964. A Distributional Study of the Birds of British Honduras. Ornithological Monographs No. 1, A.O.U. 17 Miller, B., C. Miller. 1994. A working checklist of the birds of Gallon Jug. Unpublished list. 18 Counsell, D.J.R., B. Etheridge. 1986. RAFOS Expedition to Belize. Unpub- lished report. 19 Hallchurch, T.T., compiler. 1982. Exercise King Vulture Belize 23 Feb.- 16 March. Unpub. report for the British Army Bird Watching Society. 20 Miller, C.M., B.W. Miller. 1994. Preliminary Faunal Surveys at Tapir Mt. Nature Reserve, 27 Nov.-5 Dec., 1994. Unpublished report for BAS. 21 Robbins, Chandler. 1996. U.S.F.& Wildlife Service Wintering Bird Surveys for Belize. Unpublished data provided by C. Robbins. 22 Kamstra, J. May 1987. An Ecological Survey of the Cockscomb Basin, Belize. Masters Thesis. York University, Ontario, Canada 23 Miller, B. W. 1997. Belize Christmas Bird Count Summary 1970-1995. Data from American Birds Vol. 28-50 including 1973-1996. 24 Jones, L., D. Gardner. 1997. Little Quartz Ridge Rapid Assessment Program. Executive Summary: Birds. Draft report for FPMP 25 ROM. 1997. Royal Ontario Museum, Division of Birds, Holdings of Belize specimens through Jan. 1, 1997. Provided by Brad Millen. 26 Panza, R. 1997. Carnegie Museum, Division of Birds, Holdings of Belize specimens through Jun. 1, 1997. 27 Hinshaw, J. 1997. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology bird holdings through Jun. 1, 1997. 28 Miller, B.W., C.M. Miller. 1997. Avian Risk Assessment for Belize, Species at Risk and of Conservation Concern. Report to Programme for Belize/TNC Wings of America Program. 29 Wood, D.S.,R. C. Leberman, and D. Weyer. 1986. Checklist of Birds of Belize. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication 12. 30 Garcia, J., S. Matola, M. Meadows, and C. Wright. 1994. A Checklist of the Birds of Belize. WWF-US. 35p.
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