Rufous-breasted Spinetail - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by Raul Padilla
Photographed in Selva Lacandona, Chiapas, Mexico, February, 2017

Synallaxis erythrothorax

Distribution

Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico.

Taxonomy

adult
Photo by Peter R. Bono
El Ocote, west of Tuxtla Guttierez, Chiapas, Mexico, July 2009

Subspecies

Clements recognizes these subspecies[1]:

• S. e. erythrothorax: southeastern Mexico from Veracruz and Oaxaca through Yucatán Peninsula to northwestern Honduras
• S. e. pacifica: Pacific lowlands of southern Mexico (Chiapas) to El Salvador

Habitat

Moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.

References

1. Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, M. Smith, and C. L. Wood. 2024. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2024. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2024. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.15.1. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/

• List of references

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• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Rufous-breasted Spinetail. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 4 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Rufous-breasted_Spinetail

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