Wrens (Troglodytidae)

Moustached Wren (Thryothorus genibarbis) - HBW 10, p. 420

French: Troglodyte à moustaches German: Wangenstreif-Zaunkönig Spanish: Cucarachero Bigotudo Brasileño

Taxonomy: Thryothorus genibarbis Swainson, 1838, Bahia, Brazil.
Closely related to T. mystacalis; treated as conspecific by some authorities, but has quite distinct song and differs also in habitat requirements. Four subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • juruanus H. von Ihering, 1905 - upper Amazonia in E Peru (Ucayali) and W Brazil (E to R Madeira and upper R Purus), probably also into N & W Bolivia.
  • genibarbis Swainson, 1838 - E Brazil from R Madeira E to Atlantic coast (Maranhão S to Espírito Santo).
  • intercedens Hellmayr, 1908 - C Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás).
  • bolivianus (Todd, 1913) - Amazonian Bolivia (N Santa Cruz).