The Veracruz wren (Campylorhynchus rufinucha) is a songbird of the family Troglodytidae. It is endemic to Mexico.
The adult 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 graybrown 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 northcentral Oaxaca. It inhabits lowland dry tropical forest, primarily in arid and semiarid areas. It also occurs in humanmodified landscapes and coastal mangroves.