Isthmian Wren - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by PanamaHarpy
El Valle, Panama, March 2009

Identification

From southwestern Costa Rica to Panama (Pacific slope) and also Caribbean slope of central Panama.

This is a monotypic species.
Formerly considered conspecific with Cabani's Wren and Canebrake Wren under the name Plain Wren.
Was formerly placed in genus Thryothorus like all other species of the genus Cantorchilus.

Lowland subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist forests, and heavily degraded former forest.

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Howell, SNG and S Webb. 1995. A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America. New York: Oxford Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0198540120
Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2016. IOC World Bird Names (version 6.3). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
Birdforum thread discussing the taxonomy of Plain Wren