Wrens (Troglodytidae)
Tepui Wren (Troglodytes rufulus) - HBW 10, p. 440
French: Troglodyte des tépuis
German: Tepuizaunkönig
Spanish: Chochín de Tepuí
Other common names: Roraima Wren
Taxonomy: Troglodytes rufulus Cabanis, 1849, Cerro Roraima, Bolívar, Venezuela.
Sometimes regarded as conspecific with T. solstitialis, but recent DNA work indicates that it is a separate species. Six subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- yavii Phelps, Sr & Phelps, Jr, 1949 - tepuis of N Amazonas (Sipapo, Guanay, Yavi), in S Venezuela.
- marahuacae Phelps, Jr & Aveledo, 1984 - Cerro Marahuaca, in C Amazonas.
- duidae Chapman, 1929 - tepuis of C Amazonas (Duida, Parú, Huachamacari) and S Bolívar (Jaua, Sarisariñama).
- yavii Phelps, Sr & Phelps, Jr, 1949 - tepuis of N Amazonas (Sipapo, Guanay, Yavi), in S Venezuela.
- marahuacae Phelps, Jr & Aveledo, 1984 - Cerro Marahuaca, in C Amazonas.
- duidae Chapman, 1929 - tepuis of C Amazonas (Duida, Parú, Huachamacari) and S Bolívar (Jaua, Sarisariñama).
- wetmorei Phelps, Sr & Phelps, Jr, 1955 - Cerro de la Neblina, in S Amazonas, presumably also in immediately adjacent N Brazil.
- fulvigularis J. T. Zimmer & Phelps, Sr, 1945 - Auyán-tepui, Ptari-tepui, Chimantá-tepui and Sororopán-tepui, in SE Bolívar.
- rufulus Cabanis, 1849 - subtropical zones of Mt Roraima and Uei-tepui, on Venezuela-Guyana border, presumably also in immediately adjacent N Brazil.
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peering out from the ferns near the base camp
Locality Mount Roraima, Bolívar State, Venezuela
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