Northeastern Mexico (southern Tamaulipas south at least to eastern San Luis Potosí)
centralis
leucogastra (Middle American)
South-central Mexico (northern Puebla to central Veracruz)
leucogastra
leucogastra (Middle American)
Southeastern Mexico (southeastern Veracruz, northern Oaxaca, Tabasco, and northern Chiapas).
restricta
leucogastra (Middle American)
Northwestern Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.
brachyura
leucogastra (Middle American)
Central and southern Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.
australis
leucogastra (Middle American)
Southeastern Mexico (southern Quintana Roo) and Belize; also local in northern Honduras.
pacifica
pacifica (West Mexico)
Disjunct in southwestern Mexico (Colima, Michoacán, and Guerrero).
Endemic status
Semi-endemic to Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico.
Sound Guide
Dylidylidyyyy. Melodic strophe. Perhaps the birds on Yucatan has a less singing quality to them without the stretched out tone at the end. More different calls. Alarm call like the European wren. Also a determined whet - repeated.
