Band-backed Wren (Campylorhynchus zonatus)

Other Names (World)
Band-backed Wren, Band-backed Cactus-wren, Banded Cactus-wren, Barred Wren, Barred Cactus-wren

Family
Troglodytidae (Wrens)

Size
18.50 - 20.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lesson, 1832)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest. From sea-level - 2,300 m.

Range (Guide)

Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama.

Population
Estimated population is 500,000 - 4,999,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Rasping notes 'ji-ji-ji-jit, ji-jit' or a harsh 'crack'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (42)...)

Band-backed Wren (Campylorhynchus zonatus) [XC842284]
by Peter Boesman from UJAT Las Puertas, Centro, Tabasco, Mexico (call, song)

Band-backed Wren (Campylorhynchus zonatus) [XC360854]
by Orlando Jarqu\u00edn G. from Colos\u00f3, Sucre, Colombia (call)

Subspecies
Has been thought to form a superspecies with White-headed Wren (Campylorhynchus albobrunneus), Stripe-backed Wren (Campylorhynchus nuchalis) and Fasciated Wren (Campylorhynchus fasciatus). Sometimes considered conspecific with White-headed Wren (Campylorhynchus albobrunneus), and may hybridize with it in southern Colombia. Proposed subspecies aenigmaticus (from Nari�o, in south-western Colombia) is possibly a hybrid between them. Believed by some to be possibly closely related also to Grey-barred Wren (Campylorhynchus megalopterus) as ranges overlap but no evidence of interbreeding. Proposed subspecies panamensis (described from west-central Panama) very similar to, and intergrading with, costaricensis, considered better merged with latter.

The following 8 subspecies are recognised:

zonatus (Lesson, 1832) - Eastern Mexico (Puebla, Veracruz).
restrictus (Nelson, 1901) - Southern Mexico (southern Veracruz, northern Oaxaca) south to Guatemala and Belize.
vulcanius (Brodkorb, 1940) - Southern Mexico (Chiapas) south to Nicaragua.
costaricensis von Berlepsch, 1888 - Caribbean slope of Costa Rica south to west-central Panama.
curvirostris Ridgway, 1888 - Santa Marta region of northern Colombia.
brevirostris Lafresnaye, 1845 - Northern Colombia (except Santa Marta) to north-western Ecuador.
imparilis Borrero & Hern�ndez-Camacho, 1958 - North-eastern Colombian lowlands.
panamensis (Griscom, 1927) - Western Panama (Veraguas).

References
See References.

Files:

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