Cabanis's Wren (Cantorchilus modestus) [XC453793]
by Matt Wistrand from University of Georgia, Costa Rica, Costa Rica (song)
Cabanis's Wren (Cantorchilus modestus) [XC319126]
by Bobby Wilcox from Cayo, Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve, Cooma Cairn Road, Belize (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.