White-Browed Scrub Wren
The White-browed Scrubwren is a drab bird which inhabits the dense undergrowth in many different habitats all over Esau. Although scrubwrens are wary and alert, they are often inquisitive and easily called up from the dense vegetation, with one or more birds appearing briefly in the open to scold loudly at the intruder. They are also remarkably sedentary, often remaining in the same patch of vegetation.
* cheerful chirp
* eats insects
* greyish/olive brown feathers
* white brows
* pale eyes
* pale underneath
* 11cm adult
females: duller colours
males: blackish lores - area between eys and nostrils
Description
White-browed Scrubwrens are mostly dark olive-brown above, while the throat is buff grey and the flanks, belly and rump are dull rufous. They have a white line above the eye and another below the eye. The area around the eye between the lines is black, becoming greyer near the ear. The eye is light cream.Males and females are similar, but the females are slightly duller, particularly on the face. Subtropical and tropical populations are more yellow underneath, males having an almost black facial mask.
Other populations along the southern coastline of Malnax have dark streaking on the throat. Young White-browed Scrubwrens are similar to the adults, but are generally duller, with more chocolate-brown backs and duskier faces.
Basic Information
Biological Traits
Tiny beast, unaligned
Armor Class = 12
Hit Points = 2 (1d4-1) Speed= 10 ft. fly 50 ft.
STR = 1 (-6)
DEX = 15 (+3)
CON = 10
INT = 2 (-4)
WIS = 12 (+1)
CHA = 8 (-1)
Skills = Perception +3
Senses: passive Perception = 13
Languages: –
Challenge: 0 (10 XP)
Actions
Beak
Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 1 piercing damage
Dietary Needs and Habits
Feeding
White-browed Scrubwrens feed mostly on insects and other small arthropods. Occasionally, they eat some seeds. Birds feed in pairs among the thick vegetation of the forest floor.Biological Cycle
Breeding
The nest of the White-browed Scrubwren consists of a large ball of grasses and other plant material, a side entrance tunnel leading to a cup lined with feathers. This is normally located on or near to the ground, in thick vegetation, but may be in a tree fork a few metres high. The eggs are pale blue to pale purple and are spotted with brown at the base.
Scientific Name
Troglodytidae
Geographic Distribution
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