Stripe-throated Wren (Cantorchilus leucopogon) [XC821469]
by rudy gelis from Luis Vargas Torres (Cab. en Playa de Oro) (near Playa de Oro), Eloy Alfaro, Esmeraldas, Ecuador (song)
Stripe-throated Wren (Cantorchilus leucopogon) [XC275555]
by Patricio Mena Valenzuela from Esmeraldas: Charco Vicente, R\u00edo San Miguel, Cotacachi-Cayapas Ecological Reserve, Ecuador (call, calls)
Subspecies
Sometimes treated as conspecific with Stripe-breasted Wren (Cantorchilus thoracicus), but differs significantly in both song and plumage. Recently discovered population in western San Blas (Panama) not yet assigned to either subspecies, tentatively included in grisescens.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
grisescens (Griscom, 1932) - Caribbean slope in eastern Panama (western San Blas, Darién) and northern Colombia.
leucopogon (Salvadori & Festa, 1899) - Eastern Panama (Pacific slope of Darién) and Pacific drainage of Colombia and Ecuador.