LC
Canebrake Wren Cantorchilus zeledoni



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 Breeding visitor Non-breeding visitor Passage migrant
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 26/12/2024.
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 26/12/2024.