Sinaloa Wren - BirdForum Opus

Alternative name: Bar-vented Wren

Photo by Glen Tepke
Vallarta Botanical Gardens, near Boca de Tomatlan, Jalisco, Mexico, January 2008

Thryophilus sinaloa

Thryothorus sinaloa

Identification

Upperside reddish-brown with dark barring, underside mostly pale with strongly barred undertail coverts. Face with strong white supercilium, dark lore and eye-stripe, pale sides (indistinct stripes) and black-white barred neck sides

Distribution

Central America: endemic to western Mexico from southern Sonora to western Oaxaca (including the state of Sinaloa). Occurs as a vagrant in the US (southern Arizona).

Taxonomy

Subspecies^[1]

• T. s. cinereus:

• North-western Mexico (south-eastern Sonora, south-western Chihuahua and northern Sinaloa)

• T. s. sinaloa:

• Western Mexico (central Sinaloa to western Durango, Nayarit, Jalisco and Colima)

• T. s. russeus:

• South-western Mexico (central Guerrero to extreme south-western Oaxaca)

Was formerly placed in genus Thryothorus like all other species of the genus Thryophilus.

Habitat

Forests and mangrove forests. Ornamental plantings at edge of second growth tropical forest

Behaviour

Song is varied and rich

References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
2. BF Member observations
3. 51st supplement to the AOU checklist of North American birds

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Sinaloa Wren. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 12 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Sinaloa_Wren

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