Stripe-throated Wren (Cantorchilus leucopogon) [XC112254]
by Lars Lachmann from Playa de Oro, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador, Ecuador (call, song)
Stripe-throated Wren (Cantorchilus leucopogon) [XC863381]
by Nick Athanas from Esmeraldas: Tesoro Escondido, 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.