Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Troglodytidae (Wrens)  
Genus: Cantorchilus (12 species)


Isthmian Wren
Isthmian Wren (Cantorchilus elutus)
Range: MA: sw Costa Rica and w Panama
Finca Lerida, Boquete, Panama  
   
Photograph by Ahmad Shah   © All Rights Reserved.

Split in the IOC taxonomy from the Plain Wren along with Cabanis's Wren. Described by HBW as having a yellow eye. Cabanis's Wren has an dark orange eye, as seen on this bird. Birds east of central Costa Rica should be the Isthmian Wren, which have duller colors.

Grey Wren
Grey Wren (Cantorchilus griseus)
Range: SA: w Brazil
Palmari, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Nicole Desnoyers   © All Rights Reserved.

Found in dense undergrowth in varzea forest.

Fawn-breasted Wren
Fawn-breasted Wren (Cantorchilus guarayanus)
Range: SA: Bolivia and sw Brazil
Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Matt Grube   © All Rights Reserved.


Stripe-throated Wren
Stripe-throated Wren (Cantorchilus leucopogon leucopogon)
Range: MA, SA: Panama to Ecuador
Bahia Solano, Choco, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Additional photo.


Buff-breasted Wren
Buff-breasted Wren (Cantorchilus leucotis)
Range: MA, SA: Panama through Amazonia
Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A browner individual found in the eastern part of range.

Long-billed Wren
Long-billed Wren (Cantorchilus longirostris)
Range: SA: e Brazil
Brazil  
   
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza   © All Rights Reserved.


Cabanis's Wren
Cabanis's Wren (Cantorchilus modestus)
Range: MA: s Mexico to Costa Rica
Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.

Similar and often considered conspecific with the Isthmian Wren. Split from the Plain Wren.

Bay Wren
Bay Wren (Cantorchilus nigricapillus)
Range: MA, SA: Nicaragua to Ecuador
Rio Claro Canyon Reserve, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A small wren, but perhaps the loudest wren.
Nest

Riverside Wren
Riverside Wren (Cantorchilus semibadius)
Range: MA: Costa Rica and Panama
Hacienda Baru, Costa Rica
  Moves in small noisy groups.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Superciliated Wren
Superciliated Wren (Cantorchilus superciliaris baroni)
Range: SA: Ecuador, Peru
Abra Porculla, Peru  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


Stripe-breasted Wren
Stripe-breasted Wren (Cantorchilus thoracicus)
Range: MA: Nicaragua to Panama
Observatory Lodge, La Fortuna, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.


Canebrake Wren
Canebrake Wren (Cantorchilus zeledoni)
Range: MA: e Nicaragua, e Costa Rica and nw Panama
La Virgen de Sarapiqui, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.

Once included with the Plain Wren. Differences are vocal, greyer back, paler flanks and slightly larger size (HBW).


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