Wrens (Troglodytidae)

Rufous-and-white Wren (Thryothorus rufalbus) - HBW 10, p. 427

French: Troglodyte rufalbin German: Rotrückenzaunkönig Spanish: Cucarachero Rufiblanco

Taxonomy: Thryothorus rufalbus Lafresnaye, 1845, “Mexico”; error = Guatemala.
Sometimes considered to include T. nicefori as a race. Six subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

transfinis Friedmann, 1947 - extreme S Mexico (Chiapas).
rufalbus Lafresnaye, 1845 - highlands of Guatemala and El Salvador.
sylvus A. R. Phillips, 1986 - NW Honduras.

See all 6 subspecies

transfinis Friedmann, 1947 - extreme S Mexico (Chiapas).
rufalbus Lafresnaye, 1845 - highlands of Guatemala and El Salvador.
sylvus A. R. Phillips, 1986 - NW Honduras.
skutchi A. R. Phillips, 1986 - W Honduras S on Pacific slope to Panama (E to Canal Zone, also locally on Caribbean drainage).
cumanensis (Cabanis, 1861) - N Colombia and N Venezuela (Falcón E to Paría Peninsula, S to E Guárico and S Anzoátegui).
minlosi (Berlepsch, 1884) - NW Venezuela (W Zulia, and Cojedes S to S Táchira and W Apure) and E Colombia (S to Meta).