Birds of Panama

    PASSERIFORMES: Troglodytidae (Wrens)  
Genus: Cantorchilus (8 species, 12 worldwide)


Isthmian Wren
Isthmian Wren (Cantorchilus elutus)
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.

Stripe-throated Wren
Stripe-throated Wren (Cantorchilus leucopogon leucopogon)
Bahia Solano, Choco, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Additional photo.

Buff-breasted Wren
Buff-breasted Wren (Cantorchilus leucotis)
Puerto NariƱo, Amazonas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Cabanis's Wren
Cabanis's Wren (Cantorchilus modestus)
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)
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)
Hacienda Baru, Costa Rica
  Moves in small noisy groups.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


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


Canebrake Wren
Canebrake Wren (Cantorchilus zeledoni)
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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