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.
- 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).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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an individual giving alarm call notes Locality Palmichal, Carabobo State, Venezuela
DAVID ASCANIO 4 February 2011 2 years ago 16 sec 4.3 -
A bird moving among branches and singing twice. Locality Finca Argovia, Tapachula, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp transfinis)
Josep del Hoyo 5 April 2009 3 years ago 31 sec 3.8 -
A bird in a bush Locality El Valle de Antón, Coclé Province, Panama
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2010 2 years ago 39 sec 3.8 -
A bird calling Locality El Valle de Antón, Coclé Province, Panama
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2010 2 years ago 35 sec 3.7 -
An individual in full song Locality Summit Ponds, Panama Province, Panama (ssp skutchi)
Dave Jackson 6 April 2007 5 years ago 18 sec 3.7 -
bird in bush, near the forest edge Locality Villavicencio, Meta Department, Colombia
David Caro 17 September 2008 2 years ago 2 min 16 sec 3.4 -
Brief views of a partially concealed bird singing. Locality Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia (ssp cumanensis)
Keith Blomerley 13 November 2012 22 weeks ago 20 sec 3
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