About Cantorchilus modestus elutus (Bangs, 1902)
Cabanis's wren (subspecies Cantorchilus modestus elutus Bangs, 1902) measures 12.5 to 14 cm (4.9 to 5.5 in) in length. Recorded weights are 17.8 g (0.63 oz) and 19.1 g (0.67 oz) for two males, and 16.0 g (0.56 oz) and 16.6 g (0.59 oz) for two females. Adult individuals have a dark gray-brown crown, a rufous-brown back, an orange-rufous rump, and a rufescent brown tail marked with narrow darker bars. They have a white supercilium, a gray-brown stripe running behind the eye, and cheeks mottled with gray-brown and gray-white. Their throat is white, their chest is pale grayish buff, and their belly is buffy white, set between orange-buff flanks. Individuals in the far northern portion of the species' range are generally darker and less rufous on the back than other individuals. Immature Cabanis's wrens are a duller version of the adult plumage and patterning. Cabanis's wren has a distribution that extends 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 occurs in a variety of surroundings including forest edges, second growth, and gardens. Its elevational range spans from sea level to approximately 2,000 m (6,600 ft).
