Wrens (Troglodytidae)

Black-bellied Wren (Thryothorus fasciatoventris) - HBW 10, p. 419

French: Troglodyte à ventre noir German: Bindenbauch-Zaunkönig Spanish: Cucarachero Ventrinegro
Other common names: Band-bellied Wren

Taxonomy: Thriothorus [sic] fasciato-ventris Lafresnaye, 1845, “Bogotá”, Colombia.
Three subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • melanogaster Sharpe, 1882 - SE Costa Rica (S from mouth of Golfo de Nicoya) and W Panama (E to Canal Zone).
  • albigularis (P. L. Sclater, 1855) - E Panama (E from Canal Zone) and NW Colombia (Chocó).
  • fasciatoventris Lafresnaye, 1845 - NW & C Colombia (E to foothills of Santa Marta Mts, S to lower Cauca Valley and middle Magdalena Valley.