Canebrake Wren (Cantorchilus zeledoni) - BirdLife species factsheet

Canebrake Wren Cantorchilus zeledoni

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Taxonomy

Taxonomic note

Cantorchilus modestus and C. zeledoni (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) were previously lumped as Thryothorus modestus following AOU (1998 & supplements), Sibley & Monroe (1990, 1993) and Stotz et al. (1996).

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2022	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	110,800 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	50000-499999 mature individuals	poor	suspected	2019
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	2.9 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population is suspected to number 50,000-499,999 mature individuals (Partners in Flight 2019).

Trend justification: The population is thought to be stable (Partners in Flight 2020). The species adapts well to habitat degradation; it occurs in secondary growth but is mostly absent from forest (Kroodsma and Brewer 2020), therefore it is not believed to be negatively affected by forest loss.

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident
Costa Rica	extant	native	yes
Nicaragua	extant	native	yes
Panama	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	major	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	marginal	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	marginal	resident
Altitude	0 - 600 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Canebrake Wren Cantorchilus zeledoni. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/canebrake-wren-cantorchilus-zeledoni on 23/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/11/2024.