About Cantorchilus modestus (Cabanis, 1861)
Cabanis's wren (scientific name Cantorchilus modestus (Cabanis, 1861)) has a body length between 12.5 and 14 cm (4.9 to 5.5 inches). Recorded weights of two adult males were 17.8 g (0.63 oz) and 19.1 g (0.67 oz), and recorded weights of two adult females were 16.0 g (0.56 oz) and 16.6 g (0.59 oz).
Adult Cabanis's wrens have a dark gray-brown crown, rufous-brown back, orange-rufous rump, and rufescent brown tail marked with narrow darker bars. They have a white supercilium, a gray-brown stripe behind the eye, and cheeks mottled with gray-brown and gray-white. Their throat is white, their chest is pale grayish buff, their belly is buffy white, and their flanks are orange-buff. Individuals living in the far northern portion of the species' range typically have darker backs that are less rufous than those of individuals elsewhere. Immature birds are a duller color version of adult birds.
This wren species is distributed from the Mexican states of Oaxaca and Chiapas, south through Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua, to the Pacific side of central Costa Rica. It lives in both dry and humid areas, and can be found in a range of settings including forest edges, second growth, and gardens. It occurs at elevations ranging from sea level up to approximately 2,000 m (6,600 ft).
