Buff-breasted Wren (Cantorchilus leucotis)

Other Names (World)
Buff-breasted Wren, Buff-bellied Wren

Family
Troglodytidae (Wrens)

Size
14 - 14.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lafresnaye, 1845)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 950 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
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Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (123)...)

Buff-breasted Wren (Cantorchilus leucotis) [XC437352]
by Jerome Fischer from Reserva Natural Palmar\u00ed, Rio Javar\u00ed, AM, Brazil (call)

Buff-breasted Wren (Cantorchilus leucotis) [XC270627]
by Peter Boesman from Explornapo, Loreto, Peru (song)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Superciliated Wren (Cantorchilus superciliaris), Fawn-breasted Wren (Cantorchilus guarayanus) and Long-billed Wren (Cantorchilus longirostris). Taxonomy is disputed and has variously been treated as conspecific with any one of these, or all merged as a single species. In addition, subspecies rufiventris has sometimes been treated as a full species.

The following 11 subspecies are recognised:

galbraithii (Lawrence, 1861) - Eastern Panama (eastern from Canal Zone) and north-western Colombia (Choc�, northern Antioquia).
conditus (Bangs, 1903) - Coiba I and Pearl Is (Rey, San Miguel, Viveros), off southern Panama.
leucotis (Lafresnaye, 1845) - Northern Colombia from R Sinu east to Santa Marta, and southern into Magdalena Valley.
collinus (Wetmore, 1946) - Serran��a de Macuira, in northern Guajira (northern Colombia).
venezuelanus (Cabanis, 1850) - Northern Colombia (eastern Santa Marta, plains of Guajira) and north-western Venezuela (northern and eastern Zulia east to Yaracuy, Cojedes and Aragua, south to Barinas).
zuliensis (Hellmayr, 1934) - North-western Venezuela (western Zulia south to north-western T�chira and western M�rida) and adjacent Colombia (Norte de Santander).
hypoleucus (von Berlepsch & Hartert, 1901) - North-central Venezuela (northern Apure, Gu�rico, southern Anzo�tegui, northern Bol��var).
albipectus (Cabanis, 1849) - North-eastern Venezuela (south-eastern Monagas south to northern and eastern Bol��var), the Guianas and north-eastern Brazil (eastern Amazonas east to northern Maranh�o, south to northern Mato Grosso).
bogotensis (Hellmayr, 1901) - Eastern Colombia and central Venezuela (southern T�chira and extreme south-western Barinas east to western Bol��var and Amazonas).
peruanus (Hellmayr, 1921) - Lowlands of eastern Ecuador, south-eastern Colombia, eastern Peru (south to Jun��n) and western Brazil (Amazonas).
rufiventris (Sclater, PL, 1870) - East-central Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goi�s, Minas Gerais) south to extreme eastern Paraguay.

References
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