Wrens (Troglodytidae)

Happy Wren (Thryothorus felix) - HBW 10, p. 423

French: Troglodyte joyeux German: Buntwangen-Zaunkönig Spanish: Cucarachero Feliz

Taxonomy: Thryothorus felix P. L. Sclater, 1860, Juquila, Oaxaca, Mexico.
In past, suggested as possibly conspecific with T. maculipectus. Six subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • sonorae (van Rossem, 1930) - S Sonora and N Sinaloa, in NW Mexico.
  • pallidus Nelson, 1899 - C Sinaloa and W Durango S to Jalisco and NW Michoacán.
  • lawrencii Ridgway, 1878 - María Madre I (Tres Marías Group), off Nayarit (W Mexico).

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  • sonorae (van Rossem, 1930) - S Sonora and N Sinaloa, in NW Mexico.
  • pallidus Nelson, 1899 - C Sinaloa and W Durango S to Jalisco and NW Michoacán.
  • lawrencii Ridgway, 1878 - María Madre I (Tres Marías Group), off Nayarit (W Mexico).
  • magdalenae Nelson, 1898 - María Magdalena I (Tres Marías Group).
  • grandis Nelson, 1900 - drainage of R Balsas (S México, Morelos, SW Puebla, N Guerrero), in W Mexico.
  • felix P. L. Sclater, 1860 - SW Mexico from SE Jalisco S to W Oaxaca.