Isthmian Wren (Cantorchilus elutus) | Photos and ID

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Isthmian Wren (Cantorchilus elutus), photo 2 — Photo: (c) Aitor, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Isthmian Wren (Cantorchilus elutus), photo 3 — Photo: (c) Aitor, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Isthmian Wren (Cantorchilus elutus), photo 4 — Photo: (c) Richard Littauer, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Isthmian Wren (Cantorchilus elutus), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Dan MacNeal, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Isthmian Wren (Cantorchilus elutus), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Roger A. Morales-Flores, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Isthmian Wren (Cantorchilus elutus), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Anthony Batista, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Isthmian Wren (Cantorchilus elutus), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Aitor, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Isthmian Wren (Cantorchilus elutus), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Aitor, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Isthmian Wren (Cantorchilus elutus), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Aitor, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

ID tip

The isthmian wren is 12.5 to 14 cm (4.9 to 5.5 in) long. Adults have a gray-brown crown and back and a pale russet rump. Their tail is russet brown with darker bars. They have a thin white supercilium, a gray-brown stripe through the eye, and cheeks mottled with dark grayish brown and grayish white. The throat is white, the chest pale grayish, and the belly grayish white with buffy cinnamon sides and flanks. Voice: The isthmian wren's song is "a loud motif of 3–4 clear whistles" frequently sung by both sexes . Its calls include a "harsh 'chur' and a "tinkling 'chi-chi-chi'" .

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When to see the Isthmian Wren

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Isthmian Wren

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Panama Costa Rica

About the Isthmian Wren

The isthmian wren is a species of bird in the family Troglodytidae. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Canebrake WrenCantorchilus zeledoniThe canebrake wren is 14 cm (5.5 in) long.

Grey WrenCantorchilus griseusThe grey wren is 11.5 cm (4.5 in) long.

Stripe-throated WrenCantorchilus leucopogonThe stripe-throated wren is 12 cm (4.7 in) long.

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