El Salvador (B) (NB), Guatemala (B) (NB), Mexico (B) (NB).
Interior and adjacent Pacific slope of southern Mexico (Chiapas) southern locally to north-western El Salvador.
 
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 20,000 - 49,999 (2010).
Status NT
Habitat destruction through widespread clearance, principally to coffee cultivation and logging, as well as uncontrolled fires, is the main threat.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Voice
A petulant 'cheer' or 'chip pirr-rr' or a 'pert, pert, pick-chi-chew'.