Rufous-and-white Wren (Thryophilus rufalbus)

Family
Troglodytidae (Wrens)

Size
14.50 - 16.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lafresnaye, 1845)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest. From sea-level - 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is 50,000 - 499,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (28)...)

Rufous-and-white Wren (Thryophilus rufalbus) [XC518474]
by Kent Livezey from Curicancha Reserve, Monteverde, Puntarenas, Costa Rica (call)

Rufous-and-white Wren (Thryophilus rufalbus) [XC397280]
by Kent Livezey from San Lorenzo District, Chiriqui, Panama (call, song)

Subspecies
Sometimes considered to include Niceforo's Wren (Thryophilus nicefori) as a subspecies.

The following 7 subspecies are recognised:

transfinis (Lafresnaye, 1845) - Extreme southern Mexico (Chiapas).
rufalbus (Lafresnaye, 1845) - Highlands of Guatemala and El Salvador.
sylvus (Phillips, AR, 1986) - North-western Honduras.
skutchi A. R. Phillips, 1986 - Western Honduras southern on Pacific slope to Panama (east to Canal Zone, also locally on Caribbean drainage).
cumanensis (Cabanis, 1861) - Northern Colombia and northern Venezuela (Falc�n east to Par��a Peninsula, south to eastern Gu�rico and southern Anzo�tegui).
minlosi von Berlepsch, 1884 - North-western Venezuela (western Zulia, and Cojedes south to southern T�chira and western Apure) and eastern Colombia (south to Meta).
castanonotus Ridgway, 1888 - Pacific slope of Nicaragua to Costa Rica and western Panama.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Rufous-and-white Wren (Thryophilus rufalbus) - 10 files

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