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Wrens (Troglodytidae)

Whiskered Wren (Thryothorus mystacalis) - HBW 10, p. 420

French: Troglodyte à favoris German: Bartstreif-Zaunkönig Spanish: Cucarachero Bigotudo Montano
Other common names: Dusky-tailed Wren (macrurus)

Taxonomy: Thryothorus mystacalis P. L. Sclater, 1860, Pallatanga, Chimborazo, Ecuador.
Closely related to T. genibarbis; treated as conspecific by some authorities, but has quite distinct song and differs also in habitat requirements. Eight subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • consobrinus Madarász, 1904 - Sierra de Perijá and Andes of W Venezuela (S Lara S to Mérida).
  • ruficaudatus Berlepsch, 1883 - N Venezuela (C Falcón and Yaracuy E to Miranda).
  • tachirensis Phelps, Sr & Gilliard, 1941 - S Táchira (Páramo de Tamá), in SW Venezuela.

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  • consobrinus Madarász, 1904 - Sierra de Perijá and Andes of W Venezuela (S Lara S to Mérida).
  • ruficaudatus Berlepsch, 1883 - N Venezuela (C Falcón and Yaracuy E to Miranda).
  • tachirensis Phelps, Sr & Gilliard, 1941 - S Táchira (Páramo de Tamá), in SW Venezuela.
  • saltuensis (Bangs, 1910) - W & C Andes of Colombia.
  • yananchae Meyer de Schauensee, 1951 - E Nariño (Yananchá), in SW Colombia.
  • mystacalis P. L. Sclater, 1860 - S Colombia and W Ecuador.
  • macrurus J. A. Allen, 1889 - E slope of C Andes and W slope of E Andes, in Colombia.
  • amaurogaster (Chapman, 1914) - E slope of E Andes, in Colombia.
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