Southern Mexico: confined to very limited area in south-eastern Veracruz and north-western Chiapas and, very marginally, north-eastern Oaxaca.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 2,500 - 9,999 (2010) and decreasing.
Status VU
Habitat destructuion and degradation through settlement and cattle-ranching following road-building is the main threat.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Voice
A thin nasal 'iihn' in a steady series or pairs.
Nava's Wren (Hylorchilus navai) [XC57404]
by Jon King from Uxpanapa road, Veracruz, Mexico (song)
Nava's Wren (Hylorchilus navai) [XC335986]
by Sue Riffe from Reserva de la Biosfera Selva el Ocote,Chiapas, Mexico (song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Hylorchilus sumichrasti (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Sumichrast's Wren (Hylorchilus sumichrasti) and Nava's Wren (Hylorchilus navai) following AOU (1998).
Originally described as a subspecies of Sumichrast's Wren (Hylorchilus sumichrasti), but more recent studies of vocalizations indicate that the two are distinct species.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet