Rufous-breasted Wren (Pheugopedius rutilus) [XC271512]
by Oscar Laverde from Volc\u00e1n lakes area, Panama (song)
(Pheugopedius rutilus) [XC605771]
by Mauricio Cuellar Ramirez (@Birding.travel) from El Valle de Ant\u00f3n, Cocl\u00e9 Province, Panama (call)
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.