Plain Wren (Cantorchilus modestus) - BirdLife species factsheet

Plain Wren Cantorchilus modestus

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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
2021	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)	752,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	550000-5499999 mature individuals	poor	suspected	2019
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	2.93 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The population of subspecies modestus is suspected to number 500,000-4,999,999 mature individuals (Partners in Flight 2019), and the population of subspecies elutus is suspected to number 50,000-4,999,999 mature individuals (A. Panjabi in litt. 2017). Consequently, the global population of Plain Wren may number 550,000-5,499,999 mature individuals.

Trend justification: The species is thought to be stable (Partners in Flight 2019).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident
Belize	extant	native	yes
Costa Rica	extant	native	yes
El Salvador	extant	native	yes
Guatemala	extant	native	yes
Honduras	extant	native	yes
Mexico	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	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 2000 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Plain Wren Cantorchilus modestus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/plain-wren-cantorchilus-modestus on 22/11/2024.
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 22/11/2024.