Wrens (Troglodytidae)
Buff-breasted Wren (Thryothorus leucotis) - HBW 10, p. 429
French: Troglodyte à face pâle
German: Weißohr-Zaunkönig
Spanish: Cucarachero Pechihabano
Other common names: Buff-bellied Wren
Taxonomy: Thryothorus leucotis Lafresnaye, 1845, Honda, River Magdalena, Tolima, Colombia.
Forms a superspecies with T. superciliaris, T. guarayanus and T. longirostris. Taxonomy disputed; has variously been treated as conspecific with any one of these, or all merged as a single species. In addition, race rufiventris has sometimes been treated as a full species. Eleven subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- galbraithii Lawrence, 1861 - E Panama (E from Canal Zone) and NW Colombia (Chocó, N Antioquia).
- conditus (Bangs, 1903) - Coiba I and Pearl Is (Rey, San Miguel, Viveros), off S Panama.
- leucotis Lafresnaye, 1845 - N Colombia from R Sinu E to Santa Marta, and S into Magdalena Valley.
- galbraithii Lawrence, 1861 - E Panama (E from Canal Zone) and NW Colombia (Chocó, N Antioquia).
- conditus (Bangs, 1903) - Coiba I and Pearl Is (Rey, San Miguel, Viveros), off S Panama.
- leucotis Lafresnaye, 1845 - N Colombia from R Sinu E to Santa Marta, and S into Magdalena Valley.
- collinus (Wetmore, 1946) - Serranía de Macuira, in N Guajira (N Colombia).
- venezuelanus Cabanis, 1851 - N Colombia (E Santa Marta, plains of Guajira) and NW Venezuela (N & E Zulia E to Yaracuy, Cojedes and Aragua, S to Barinas).
- zuliensis Hellmayr, 1934 - NW Venezuela (W Zulia S to NW Táchira and W Mérida) and adjacent Colombia (Norte de Santander).
- hypoleucus (Berlepsch & Hartert, 1901) - NC Venezuela (N Apure, Guárico, S Anzoátegui, N Bolívar).
- albipectus Cabanis, 1849 - NE Venezuela (SE Monagas S to N & E Bolívar), the Guianas and NE Brazil (E Amazonas E to N Maranhão, S to N Mato Grosso).
- bogotensis (Hellmayr, 1901) - E Colombia and C Venezuela (S Táchira and extreme SW Barinas E to W Bolívar and Amazonas).
- peruanus (Hellmayr, 1921) - lowlands of E Ecuador, SE Colombia, E Peru (S to Junín) and W Brazil (Amazonas).
- rufiventris P. L. Sclater, 1870 - EC Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Minas Gerais) S to extreme E Paraguay.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A preening bird, it's mate calling at the end of the clip. Locality Weg naar Zee, Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname (ssp albipectus)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 19 February 2011 45 weeks ago 20 sec 4 -
A bird working hard to extract a grub from a vine. Locality Bayano Lake, Panama Province, Panama (ssp galbraithii)
Robert Schaefer 15 January 2012 8 weeks ago 47 sec 3.6 -
A bird foraging around in a tree. Locality Bahia State, Brazil (ssp albipectus)
Yoel Jimenez 23 November 2009 48 weeks ago 11 sec 3.3 -
A foraging bird. Locality Weg naar Zee, Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname (ssp albipectus)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 19 February 2011 45 weeks ago 14 sec 3
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A bird climbing a branch.
Locality Paz de Ariporo, Casanare Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 22 November 2007 3 years ago 3.8 -
two birds in a tree
Locality La Vega, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 5 June 2011 50 weeks ago 3 -
A bird perched among the branches.
Locality Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (ssp albipectus)
Carmelo López 21 November 2011 22 weeks ago 2.6
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song Locality Awala-Yalimapo, French Guiana
Patrick Ingremeau 1 May 2010 1 year ago 4.5 -
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Calls from a single bird at river edge Locality Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Mato Grosso State, Brazil
(ssp albipectus)
Andrew_Davis 12 October 2007 2 years ago 4 -
A bird calling in response to playback. Locality Amazonia National Park, Pará State, Brazil
(ssp albipectus)
Josep del Hoyo 20 August 2010 1 year ago 3.5
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