Plain Wren (Cantorchilus modestus)

Other Names (World)
Plain Wren, Cabanis's Wren, Modest Wren

Family
Troglodytidae (Wrens)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Cabanis, 1861)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest. From sea-level - 1,900 m.

Range (Guide)

Belize, Costa Rica, 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
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (33)...)

Cabanis's Wren (Cantorchilus modestus) [XC332139]
by Bobby Wilcox from Hotel El Bosque, Monteverde, Puntarenas, Costa Rica (call)

Cabanis's Wren (Cantorchilus modestus) [XC486148]
by GABRIEL LEITE from Eco Finca Luna del Puente, Santa Cruz de Yojoa, Departamento de Cort\u00e9s, Honduras (song)

Subspecies
Frequently treated as conspecific with Thryothorus zeledoni, but the two differ substantially in song and plumage.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

modestus (Cabanis, 1861) - Southern Mexico (extreme eastern Oaxaca, Chiapas), central and southern Guatemala, western Honduras and El Salvador southern in Pacific watershed to Costa Rica.
elutus (Bangs, 1902) - Pacific drainage of Panama from about Costa Rican border to just east of Canal Zone.

References
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Files:

JPG files for Plain Wren (Cantorchilus modestus) - 10 files

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