Canebrake wren

Canebrake wren
Not recognized (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Troglodytidae
Genus: Cantorchilus
Species: C. zeledoni
Binomial name
Cantorchilus zeledoni
(Ridgway, 1878)

The canebrake wren (Cantorchilus zeledoni) is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family. It is found from eastern Nicaragua to northwestern Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and heavily degraded former forest. It was considered conspecific with Cabanis's wren and the isthmian wren, together called the plain wren. It is considered as a distinct species because of different vocalizations and genetic divergence.

Description

The canebrake wren is a small, drab wren measuring 13 cm (5.1 in) in length.[1] It has a brown back, buffy flanks, white underparts and throat and wide white supercilium. The eye is red.

It has a loud 4-syllable song.

References

  1. Garrigues, Richard; Dean, Robert (2007). The Birds of Costa Rica. Ithaca: Zona Tropical/Comstock/Cornell University Press. p. 240. ISBN 978-0-8014-7373-9.


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