Cabanis's Wren (Cantorchilus modestus) [XC327694]
by Bobby Wilcox from Fince de Santa Theresa del Mogoton, Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua (song)
Cabanis's Wren (Cantorchilus modestus) [XC384207]
by from Versalles, Nicaragua (call)
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.