Cabanis's Wren (Cantorchilus modestus) [XC500158]
by Paul Driver from Hotel Bougainvillea, San Jose, Costa Rica (call)
Cabanis's Wren (Cantorchilus modestus) [XC798284]
by Peter Boesman from San Jos\u00e9, Costa Rica (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.