Wrens (Troglodytidae)
Rufous-naped Wren (Campylorhynchus rufinucha) - HBW 10, p. 404
French: Troglodyte à nuque rousse
German: Rotnacken-Zaunkönig
Spanish: Cucarachero Nuquirrufo
Other common names: Rufous-naped Cactus-wren; Sclater's Wren (humilis); Hooded Cactus-wren, Rufous-backed Wren (capistratus group)
Taxonomy: Picolaptes rufinucha Lesson, 1838, Veracruz, Mexico.
Some authors divide races into three informal groups: humilis; nominate; and the four remaining southernmost subspecies. Races humilis and nigricaudatus intergrade in S Mexico (Chiapas). Six subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- humilis P. L. Sclater, 1856 - W Mexico (Colima E to W Chiapas).
- rufinucha (Lesson, 1838) - E Mexico (Veracruz and adjacent N Oaxaca).
- nigricaudatus (Nelson, 1897) - S Mexico (Chiapas) and W Guatemala.
- humilis P. L. Sclater, 1856 - W Mexico (Colima E to W Chiapas).
- rufinucha (Lesson, 1838) - E Mexico (Veracruz and adjacent N Oaxaca).
- nigricaudatus (Nelson, 1897) - S Mexico (Chiapas) and W Guatemala.
- castaneus Ridgway, 1888 - interior of Guatemala E to Honduras and Nicaragua.
- capistratus (Lesson, 1842) - Pacific coast of El Salvador and Nicaragua S to NW Costa Rica.
- nicoyae A. R. Phillips, 1986 - Nicoya Peninsula, in NW Costa Rica.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird moving in a tree, calling and then singing. Locality Puente Sesecapa, Mapastepec, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp nigricaudatus)
Josep del Hoyo 4 April 2009 3 years ago 40 sec 4.3 -
Three birds foraging Locality Punta Leona, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (ssp capistratus)
Guus van Duin 14 February 2008 5 years ago 12 sec 4.2 -
A bird at a bird bath. Locality San Antonio de Belén, Heredia Province, Costa Rica (ssp capistratus)
Richard Garrigues 23 June 2012 41 weeks ago 31 sec 4.2 -
A bird foraging in a bush Locality Granada, Granada Department, Nicaragua (ssp capistratus)
Bill Wayman 30 April 2004 5 years ago 46 sec 4.1 -
An individual foraging near the ground around a water sprinkler and finally catching a moth Locality Tárcoles River, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (ssp nicoyae)
Greg Baker 6 April 2001 1 year ago 27 sec 4 -
A bird in a tree, moving among branches. Locality Tehuantepec, Oaxaca State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp humilis)
Josep del Hoyo 15 April 2009 3 years ago 31 sec 3.7
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On a branch
Locality Punta Leona, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
Guy Poisson 26 December 2010 2 years ago 4.3 -
Perched on a rock.
Locality Hotel Bougainvillea, Santo Domingo, Heredia Province, Costa Rica
Joseph C. Boone 28 February 2012 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4.1 -
This bird was on a vine.
Locality Costa Rica
Dannie Polley 10 April 2010 2 years ago 4 -
On a wire
Locality Punta Leona, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
Guy Poisson 25 December 2008 2 years ago 3.9 -
perched on a wire
Locality Tárcoles, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (ssp capistratus)
Georges Olioso 10 December 2004 3 years ago 3.8 -
perching...
Locality Hato Nuevo, Chinandega Department, Nicaragua
Orlando Jarquín G. 14 July 2012 35 weeks ago 3.8
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A bird singing from a tree.
Locality Tehuantepec, Oaxaca State, Mexico (Southern)
(ssp humilis)
Josep del Hoyo 15 April 2009 3 years ago 4 -
A sequence of song.
Locality Puente Sesecapa, Mapastepec, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern)
(ssp nigricaudatus)
Josep del Hoyo 4 April 2009 3 years ago 3 -
A bird calling.
Locality Puente Sesecapa, Mapastepec, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern)
(ssp nigricaudatus)
Josep del Hoyo 4 April 2009 3 years ago 3
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