Plain Wren (1 Viewer)

[Richard Klim]

NAOC - Vancouver 2012
Saucier. COMBINING POPULATION AND LANDSCAPE GENETIC APPROACHES TO TEST DIVERGENCE HYPOTHESES IN THE THRYOTHORUS MODESTUS COMPLEX. 296.

AOU/COS Meeting: Chicago, IL, Aug 2013
155: Saucier, Sánchez & Carling. Characterizing the morphological and genetic variation in the Plain Wren complex – with insights into biogeographic mechanisms of divergence in southern Central America.

Saucier, Sánchez & Carling 2015. Patterns of genetic and morphological divergence reveal a species complex in the Plain Wren (Cantorchilus modestus). Auk 132(4): 795–807. [abstract]

• C [m] modestus - 'Cabanis's Wren' (incl 'roberti', 'vanrossemi' & undescribed taxon in c Belize)
• C [m] elutus - 'Panama Wren'
• C [m] zeledoni - 'Canebrake Wren'
  [Common names from Brewer 2001 (Wrens, Dippers and Thrashers)]

Kroodsma & Brewer 2005 (HBW 10):

• Plain Wren (Thryothorus modestus)
• Canebrake Wren (Thryothorus zeledoni)

 

[Peter Kovalik]

Saucier, Sánchez & Carling 2015. Patterns of genetic and morphological divergence reveal a species complex in the Plain Wren (Cantorchilus modestus). Auk 132(4): 795–807. [abstract]

• C [m] modestus - 'Cabanis's Wren' (incl 'roberti', 'vanrossemi' & undescribed taxon in c Belize)
• C [m] elutus - 'Panama Wren'
• C [m] zeledoni - 'Canebrake Wren'
  [Common names from Brewer 2001 (Wrens, Dippers and Thrashers)]

Kroodsma & Brewer 2005 (HBW 10):

• Plain Wren (Thryothorus modestus)
• Canebrake Wren (Thryothorus zeledoni)

IOC Update Diary:
Aug 5 Post proposed splits of Plain Wren on Updates/PS

 

[stephennj]

thanks !

 

[Peter Kovalik]

Cantorchilus zeledoni, C. elutus

IOC Updarte Diary July 7

Accept splits of Canebrake Wren and Isthmian Wren

 

[njlarsen]

I did not see this elsewhere in Birdforum, so a little on range:
modestus seems to be at Jaco on the CR west cost and north of there, and reach to San Jose and the higher areas east of there.
zeledoni seems to be lower on the slope east of San Jose.
elutus reaches north to San Isidro de El General, San Jose, Costa Rica, and is found from there to central Panama.
The break between modestus and elutus seems to be between Jaco and San Isidro de El General, but the authors state they have not investigated it further.

All the above from my reading of the AUK paper. Any errors are surely mine

Niels

 

[Larry Sweetland]

I did not see this elsewhere in Birdforum, so a little on range:
modestus seems to be at Jaco on the CR west cost and north of there, and reach to San Jose and the higher areas east of there.
zeledoni seems to be lower on the slope east of San Jose.
elutus reaches north to San Isidro de El General, San Jose, Costa Rica, and is found from there to central Panama.
The break between modestus and elutus seems to be between Jaco and San Isidro de El General, but the authors state they have not investigated it further.

All the above from my reading of the AUK paper. Any errors are surely mine

EDIT: a few celebratory beers though, and I'd struggle with the pronunciation of one of the splits!

Niels

Thanks Niels, that's made my day

 

[Jeff Hopkins]

EDIT: a few celebratory beers though, and I'd struggle with the pronunciation of one of the splits!

Niels

Not to mention the spelling. They couldn't call it Panama Wren?

Then again, that might remind some of an old song by the New Riders of the Purple Sage! B

 

[Jim LeNomenclatoriste]

TiF Update July 8, 2016

Wrens: Saucier et al. (2016) found that the Plain Wren, Cantorchilus modestus, is actually three species: Cabanis's Wren, Cantorchilus modestus, Canebrake Wren, Cantorchilus zeledoni, and Isthmian Wren, Cantorchilus elutus. The split of Canebrake Wren had previously been advocated by Kroodsma and Brewer (2005). See also Mann et al. (2006)
[Troglodytidae, Certhioidea, 3.02]

 

[Jynx]

Hi I saw Plain Wrens at La Colina Lodge Trail and Stella's Bakery, Monteverde, Costa Rica. Would these be Cabanis's Wrens please?
Thank you.

 

[Larry Sweetland]

Hi I saw Plain Wrens at La Colina Lodge Trail and Stella's Bakery, Monteverde, Costa Rica. Would these be Cabanis's Wrens please?
Thank you.

Yes. In Costa Rica, Canebrake's on Caribbean slope and Isthmian's near the Panama border.

 

[Jynx]

Thanks Larry. Top Man!