Stripe-throated Wren (Cantorchilus leucopogon) [XC275556]
by Patricio Mena Valenzuela from Esmeraldas: Playa de Oro, village and vicinity, R\u00edo Santiago, Ecuador (call, excited calls)
Stripe-throated Wren (Cantorchilus leucopogon) [XC821944]
by Jerome Fischer from Luis Vargas Torres (Cab. en Playa de Oro) (near Playa de Oro), Eloy Alfaro, Esmeraldas, Ecuador (song)
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.