The Veracruz wren (Campylorhynchus rufinucha ) is a songbird of the family Troglodytidae. It is endemic to Mexico.
The adult Veracruz wren has a blackish crown, lores, and eyestripe and a white supercilium. Its nape and back are chestnut and the shoulders have black and white streaks. Its tail is gray-brown with darker bars and a white tip. Its chin and throat are white, the chest pale buff with brown spots, and its belly a darker buff with faint blackish bars on the flanks. The juvenile is similar but its supercilium is buffy white, the back a duller cinnamon, and the markings on the back less distinct.
The Veracruz wren is found primarily in central Veracruz state and very slightly into north-central Oaxaca. It inhabits lowland dry tropical forest, primarily in arid and semi-arid areas. It also occurs in human-modified landscapes and coastal mangroves.
The Veracruz wren preys on a variety of insects.
Little information is available on the Veracruz wren's breeding phenology. It is known to build a globular nest with a side entrance like the other species in its genus.
The IUCN has assessed the Veracruz wren as being of Least Concern. "The population has not been quantified since the species was split" but "is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats."
