Coraya Wren (Pheugopedius coraya) [XC400662]
by Guido O. Keijl from Novo Repartimento, Par\u00e1, Brazil (call)
Coraya Wren (Pheugopedius coraya) [XC323933]
by Luisa Fernanda Chavez Paz from Serra dos Caraj\u00e1s. Road to Salobo, Brazil (call)
Subspecies
Substantial vocal and plumage differences between lowland and highland populations in Venezuela suggest the possibility that more than one species are involved.
The following 10 subspecies are recognised:
ridgwayi (von Berlepsch, 1889) - Eastern Venezuela (southern Delta Amacuro, eastern Bolívar) and western Guyana (west of R Essequibo).
coraya (Gmelin, 1789) - Guyana (east of R Essequibo), Suriname, French Guiana and adjacent northern Brazil (east of Manaus).
caurensis (von Berlepsch & Hartert, 1902) - Eastern and south-eastern Colombia, southern Venezuela (southern Bolívar, southern Amazonas) and northern Brazil (east to Manaus).
obscurus (Zimmer, JT & Phelps, 1947) - Auyán-tepui, in eastern Bolívar (eastern Venezuela).
barrowcloughianus (Aveledo & Perez, 1994) - Tepuis of south-eastern Bolívar (Roraima, Cuquenán), in south-eastern Venezuela.
griseipectus (Sharpe, 1882) - Eastern Ecuador, north-eastern Peru (north of R Marañón) and adjacent extreme western Brazil.
albiventris (Taczanowski, 1882) - Northern Peru (eastern slopes of Andes in San Martín).
amazonicus (Sharpe, 1882) - Eastern Peru south of R Marañón (southern Loreto south to Huánuco).
cantator (Taczanowski, 1874) - Central Peru (eastern Junín).
herberti (Ridgway, 1888) - Northern Brazil south of Amazon (from R Tapajós east to R Tocantins and western Maranhío).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet