Rufous-breasted Wren (Pheugopedius rutilus) [XC617919]
by Kent Livezey from Pava Negra Nature Reserve - Florencia, Caquet\u00e1., Colombia (call, song)
Rufous-breasted Wren (Pheugopedius rutilus) [XC479895]
by Hans Matheve from El Campano, above Minca, Santa Marta Mountains, Colombia (song)
Subspecies
Sometimes treated as conspecific with Spot-breasted Wren (Pheugopedius maculipectus) and Maranon Wren (Pheugopedius sclateri), despite great differences in plumage and vocalizations.
The following 7 subspecies are recognised:
hyperythrus (Salvin & Godman, 1880) - Pacific slope of Costa Rica and western Panama (east to R Chepó, in Darién).
rutilus (Vieillot, 1819) - Northern and western Venezuela (coastal mountains from Falcón east to Sucre and Monagas, both slopes of Andes from north-western Lara south to Táchira) and Trinidad.