Wrens (Troglodytidae)
Spot-breasted Wren (Thryothorus maculipectus) - HBW 10, p. 423
French: Troglodyte à poitrine tachetée
German: Fleckenbrust-Zaunkönig
Spanish: Cucarachero Pinto
Taxonomy: Thriothorus [sic] maculipectus Lafresnaye, 1845, Veracruz, Mexico.
Sometimes treated as conspecific with T. rutilus and T. sclateri, despite great differences in plumage and vocalizations; in past, suggested as possibly being conspecific with T. felix. Proposed races varians (Pacific slope from Chiapas, in S Mexico, S to El Salvador) and petersi (N Honduras S to N Costa Rica) are considered indistinguishable from umbrinus. Four subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- microstictus (Griscom, 1930) - NE Mexico (SE Nuevo León and C Tamaulipas S to E San Luis Potosí and N Veracruz).
- maculipectus Lafresnaye, 1845 - E Mexico (Veracruz S to Puebla and N Oaxaca).
- canobrunneus Ridgway, 1887 - SE Mexico (Yucatán Peninsula), N Belize and N Guatemala (N Petén).
- umbrinus Ridgway, 1887 - S Mexico (NE Oaxaca, Tabasco, Chiapas), S Belize, Guatemala (except Petén), El Salvador, N & S Honduras, and Caribbean slope of Nicaragua and N Costa Rica.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird singing while carrying nesting material. Locality Palenque National Park, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp umbrinus)
Josep del Hoyo 11 April 2009 2 years ago 40 sec 3.5 -
Spot-breasted Wren calling and singing in thick foliage. Locality Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary (Jaguar Preserve), Stann Creek District, Belize
Wayne Hall 16 February 2007 3 years ago 32 sec 3.3
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Wren in foliage singing
Locality Pantanos de Centla, Tabasco State, Mexico (Southern)
rchavezdm 1 year ago 2.8 -
A bird with nest material in the bill.
Locality Palenque National Park, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp umbrinus)
Josep del Hoyo 11 April 2009 2 years ago 2.3
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A bird singing.
Locality Navalandia, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern)
(ssp umbrinus)
Josep del Hoyo 7 April 2009 2 years ago 4 -
A bird singing. The calls of a Violaceous Trogon and an Orange-billed Sparrow can be heard in the background. Locality Lacanjá-Chansayab, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern)
(ssp umbrinus)
Josep del Hoyo 13 April 2009 2 years ago 4 -
A bird singing. Locality Palenque National Park, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern)
(ssp umbrinus)
Josep del Hoyo 11 April 2009 2 years ago 4
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