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- Pheugopedius maculipectus
Thryothorus maculipectus
Identification
Juvenile has much weaker markings than the adult
Distribution
Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica.
Taxonomy
Six subspecies are recognized[1]:
- P. m. microstictus
- NE Mexico (e Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí and Tamaulipas)
- P. m. maculipectus
- Gulf-Caribbean slope of e Mexico (Veracruz to n Oaxaca)
- P. m. umbrinus
- S Mexico (Tabasco and Chiapas) and s Belize
- P. m. varians
- S Mexico (Pacific slope of Chiapas), Guatemala and El Salvador
- P. m. canobrunneus
- SE Mexico (Yucatán Pen. to Petén of Guatemala and n Belize
- P. m. petersi
- N Honduras to n Costa Rica
Was formerly placed in genus Thryothorus with all other species of the genus Pheugopedius.
Habitat
Forests, second growth, and edges, often low in vegetation. Has a preference for humid areas, avoids high mountains.
Behaviour
Vocalizations
Will often sing duets (below recording is a single bird).
Recording by NJLarsen, Vigia Chico Rd, Quintana Roo, Mexico, 6 May 2012. Bird is subspecies canobrunneus
References
- Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
