Avibase: Cantorchilus elutus (Isthmian Wren)

Isthmian Wren

Cantorchilus elutus (Bangs, O 1902)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Isthmian Wren - Cantorchilus elutus	Kent Livezey	2017-06-06	San Francisco Nature Reserve, Torti, Panamá and Panamá Oeste (Panama) (320 m)	call - This species' churring call. Same bird as in XC374945. bird-seen:no playback-used:no	374949 xeno-canto.org
Isthmian Wren - Cantorchilus elutus	Peter Boesman	2015-03-01	Volcán lakes area, Chiriquí (Panama)	call - [sono]	271128 xeno-canto.org
Isthmian Wren - Cantorchilus elutus	Kent Livezey	2017-03-25	Gamboa, Colon province, Colón (Panama) (60 m)	call, song - All 3 types of songs/calls of this species in this area are included here. This was cut from 40 minutes of recording one Plain Wren as he foraged and puttered around his territory, and includes all of the 'pretty' songs (0:29, 1:01, 1:16, 1:24, 1:35, 2:01, 2:49, 2:58, 3:17, 3:26, 3:43, 3:55), examples of the monotypic shrill songs (e.g., 0:38, 0:49, 0:53, 0:58), and examples of the monotypic churring calls (e.g., 0:00, 0:05, 0:08, 0:09) sung during that time. All of the songs and calls are in the order sung, but I deleted many minutes of non-singing and singing of shrill songs and churring calls. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	361474 xeno-canto.org
Isthmian Wren - Cantorchilus elutus	Kent Livezey	2017-06-06	San Francisco Nature Reserve, Torti, Panamá and Panamá Oeste (Panama) (320 m)	song - This species' shrill song. bird-seen:no playback-used:no	374945 xeno-canto.org
Isthmian Wren - Cantorchilus elutus	Stephan Risch	2025-02-13	CR, Puntarenas, Pavones, Golfito (Costa Rica) (70 m)	song - [sono]	1016732 xeno-canto.org
Isthmian Wren - Cantorchilus elutus	Oscar Campbell	2018-07-11	Ammo Dump Ponds, Colon Province, Colón (Panama) (30 m)	female, song - Natural song, given from trees along road. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	433650 xeno-canto.org
Isthmian Wren - Cantorchilus elutus	Yoann Blanchon	2020-03-17	Hornito, Gualaca, Provincia de Chiriquí, Chiriquí (Panama) (1200 m)	song - MixPre 3 II / SennheiserME66-K6 ; High Pass Filter 2000Hz 6db bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	539968 xeno-canto.org
Isthmian Wren - Cantorchilus elutus	Brian Cox	15-04-10	La Finca Suiza, Fortuna NP, Chiriqui, Panama., Chiriquí (Panama) (1500 m)	song (A) -	83093 xeno-canto.org
Isthmian Wren - Cantorchilus elutus	Brendan Sloan	2019-03-04	Casa Botanica Near San Vito, Costa Rica (Costa Rica) (1000 masl ap m)	song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	482259 xeno-canto.org
Isthmian Wren - Cantorchilus elutus	Kent Livezey	2018-01-19	Finca Bayano (La Jagua Marsh), Panamá and Panamá Oeste (Panama) (0 m)	song - I uploaded three recordings of the same Plain Wren. In the first (XC409731), the wren sang a simple, 3-element song. After making that recording, I walked away. However, I was drawn back because he started singing a slightly more-complex song, so I recorded that (XC409732). I again walked away, but the wren stepped-up his singing even more, to a 5- or 6-element song, so I recorded that as well (XC409733). bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	409731 xeno-canto.org
Isthmian Wren - Cantorchilus elutus	Dave Slager	2017-08-28	Gamboa (pueblo), Colón, Panama, Colón (Panama)	- Natural song and call from same bird at 8:20am. Highpass filter 200 Hz in Ocen Audio.	67409981 macaulaylibrary.org
Isthmian Wren - Cantorchilus elutus	Kent Livezey	2020-10-04	El Valle de Antón, Coclé Province, Coclé (Panama) (600 m)	song - One of the same wrens as in XC595016. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	595017 xeno-canto.org
Isthmian Wren - Cantorchilus elutus	Joost van Bruggen	2023-12-18	Ammo Dump-ponds, Gamboa, Panama, Colón (Panama) (20 m)	song - [sono]	865930 xeno-canto.org
Isthmian Wren - Cantorchilus elutus	Oscar Campbell	2018-07-11	Ammo Dump Ponds, Colon Province, Colón (Panama) (30 m)	call, female, song - Singing from dense roadside grass. Seen well. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	433651 xeno-canto.org
Isthmian Wren - Cantorchilus elutus	Kent Livezey	2017-11-14	Old Gamboa Road, Panama Province, Panamá and Panamá Oeste (Panama) (90 m)	song - Many repetitions of this species' 'shrill' song. bird-seen:no playback-used:no	393125 xeno-canto.org
Isthmian Wren - Cantorchilus elutus	robert beauchamp	2025-08-26	, Panamá and Panamá Oeste (Panama)	-	641027846 macaulaylibrary.org
Isthmian Wren - Cantorchilus elutus	Peter Boesman	2015-03-01	Volcán lakes area, Chiriquí (Panama)	short song and song - [sono]	271126 xeno-canto.org
Isthmian Wren - Cantorchilus elutus	Peter Boesman	2015-03-01	Volcán lakes area, Chiriquí (Panama)	call - [sono]	271127 xeno-canto.org
Isthmian Wren - Cantorchilus elutus	Mike Nelson	16-01-09	Parque Metropolitano, Panama, Panamá and Panamá Oeste (Panama) (20 m)	Song (A) -	59516 xeno-canto.org
Isthmian Wren - Cantorchilus elutus	Kent Livezey	2018-01-19	Finca Bayano (La Jagua Marsh), Panamá and Panamá Oeste (Panama) (0 m)	song - I uploaded three recordings of the same Plain Wren. In the first (XC409731), the wren sang a simple, 3-element song. After making that recording, I walked away. However, I was drawn back because he started singing a slightly more-complex song, so I recorded that (XC409732). I again walked away, but the wren stepped-up his singing even more, to a 5- or 6-element song, so I recorded that as well (XC409733). bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	409733 xeno-canto.org
Isthmian Wren - Cantorchilus elutus	Greg Baker	2013-10-25	, Coclé (Panama)	-	203964361 macaulaylibrary.org
Isthmian Wren - Cantorchilus elutus	Terry van Niekerk	2023-07-20	, Chiriquí (Panama)	-	595927691 macaulaylibrary.org
Isthmian Wren - Cantorchilus elutus	Kent Livezey	2017-02-21	Torti, San Francisco Nature Reserve, Panama , Panamá and Panamá Oeste (Panama) (320 m)	call, song - Wren was foraging in brush along a dirt road. Many songs (e.g., 0:12, 0:20) throughout. Three calls starting at 2:45. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	356860 xeno-canto.org
Isthmian Wren - Cantorchilus elutus	Jacob R. Saucier	2016-11-22	Provincia de Puntarenas; San Vito, Puntarenas (Costa Rica) (1000 m)	call, duet song near end of recording - Field Number: CR2016 JRS 39; hillside with ferns and second growth	403947 xeno-canto.org

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