Wrens (Troglodytidae)
Song Wren (Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus) - HBW 10, p. 446
French: Troglodyte chanteur
German: Brillenzaunkönig
Spanish: Cucarachero Canoro
Other common names: Northern Musician/Northern Musical Wren
Taxonomy: Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus P. L. Sclater, 1860, Esmeraldas, Ecuador.
May form a superspecies with C. thoracicus and C. arada. Sometimes regarded as conspecific with latter, an implausible treatment given the very distinct vocalizations of the two species. Six subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- richardsoni Salvin, 1893 - Caribbean lowlands of SE Honduras and E Nicaragua.
- infuscatus J. T. Zimmer, 1932 - Caribbean lowlands of Costa Rica and NW Panama (Almirante).
- lawrencii Lawrence, 1863 - Panama (except NW) and extreme NW Colombia (Golfo de Urabá).
- richardsoni Salvin, 1893 - Caribbean lowlands of SE Honduras and E Nicaragua.
- infuscatus J. T. Zimmer, 1932 - Caribbean lowlands of Costa Rica and NW Panama (Almirante).
- lawrencii Lawrence, 1863 - Panama (except NW) and extreme NW Colombia (Golfo de Urabá).
- propinquus (Todd, 1919) - tropical lowlands of NW Colombia.
- chocoanus (Meyer de Schauensee, 1946) - W Colombia (from near Panamanian border) S to N Chocó.
- phaeocephalus P. L. Sclater, 1860 - W Colombia (S Chocó) S to S Ecuador (El Oro).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A group of birds singing. Locality Rincon de la Vieja, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica
Lev.Frid 16 December 2009 1 year ago 21 sec 2.3
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Bird in hand
Locality Pipeline Road, Soberanía National Park, Panama
ben lascelles 8 March 2006 2 years ago 3
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Song. Locality Buenaventura Reserve, El Oro Province, Ecuador
(ssp phaeocephalus)
Nick Athanas 24 July 2002 2 years ago 4
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