Wrens (Troglodytidae)
Speckle-breasted Wren (Thryothorus sclateri) - HBW 10, p. 424
French: Troglodyte de Sclater
German: Pünktchenbrust-Zaunkönig
Spanish: Cucarachero Jaspeado
Other common names: Maranon Wren
Taxonomy: Thryothorus sclateri Taczanowski, 1879, Guajango, River Marañón, Cajamarca, Peru.
Sometimes treated as conspecific with T. maculipectus or T. rutilus, or with both, but all three differ substantially in plumage and in song. Race paucimaculatus suggested by some as meriting rank of full species. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- columbianus (Chapman, 1924) - Colombia, on W slope of C Andes (in Valle) and, disjunctly, W slope of E range (in Cundinamarca).
- paucimaculatus Sharpe, 1882 - W Ecuador (Manabí S to Loja).
- sclateri Taczanowski, 1879 - R Marañón drainage in extreme S Ecuador and N Peru (Cajamarca).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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a bird in the bush Locality Tamborapa, Cajamarca Department, Peru (ssp sclateri)
herve jacob 4 November 2010 41 weeks ago 27 sec 4 -
A bird perched and singing, then joined by a second bird Locality Jorupe Reserve, Loja Province, Ecuador (ssp paucimaculatus)
Richard Garrigues 14 January 2007 4 years ago 26 sec 4
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A group of three birds were seen and this was one of them singing back to playback of its song. Locality Río Palenque Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
(ssp paucimaculatus)
Sam Woods 21 July 2009 2 years ago 4
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