Avibase: Cistothorus platensis (Grass Wren)

Grass Wren

Cistothorus platensis (Latham, J 1790)

The grass wren is a species of passerine bird in the family Troglodytidae. It is widely distributed in central and southern America. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Troglodytidae
Genus:
   Cistothorus
Scientific:
  Cistothorus platensis

Original description

Citation:
(Latham, J 1790)

Reference:
Index Orn. 2 p.548

Protonym:
Sylvia platensis

Type locality:
Buenos Aires, Argentina; based on 'Le Roitelet de Buenos-Ayres' of Daubenton's Planches Enlum., pl. 730, fig. 2.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/226469#page/88/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
CB4C1514AEC720CD

Avibase ID:
avibase-CB4C1514

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/CB4C1514

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 178605

Geographic range:

Cistothorus platensis: disjunctly in marshes, damp grasslands, shrubby vegetation, puna grasslands, and flooded savanna from mountains of central and southeastern Mexico southwards to pine savanna in Belize, mountains of Guatemala to northern Nicaragua, central Costa Rica, Santa Marta and Perijá mountains, coastal mountains of Venezuela, tepuis of southern Venezuela, western Guyana, and far northern Brazil (Roraima), the Andes from western Venezuela southwards to northwestern Argentina, reaching the lowlands in northern Bolivia, the cerrado of Brazil (northern Goiás and central Minas Gerais) southwards to eastern Paraguay and northern Uruguay, from central Chile and central Argentina southwards to Tierra del Fuego, and the Falkland Islands
Cistothorus platensis platensis: central and eastern Argentina to Córdoba and Mendoza
Cistothorus platensis hornensis: southern Argentina (Neuquén) and Chile (Coquimbo) to Tierra del Fuego
Cistothorus platensis falklandicus: Falkland Islands
Cistothorus platensis polyglottus: Bolivia (Beni and Santa Cruz) and southeastern Brazil (Goiás and Minas Gerais to Paraná); intergrades with platensis in southern Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, and southern Brazil (Río Grande do Sul)
Cistothorus platensis [aequatorialis, tamae or tolimae]: Andes from Venezuela and Colombia southward to northern Peru (Cajamarca); southern distributional limit not yet documented
Cistothorus platensis graminicola: Andes of central Peru (Huánuco to Junín); no doubt more widespread, but northern and southern distributional limits not yet documented
Cistothorus platensis minimus: Andes of southern Peru (north to Ayacucho) and northern Bolivia (La Paz)
Cistothorus platensis alticola: Venezuela (coastal mountains, highlands of the Gran Sabana) and (?) Guyana
Cistothorus platensis [tucumanus or boliviae]: highlands from Santa Cruz, Bolivia, southward to northwestern Argentina (to Tucumán and western Córdoba)
Cistothorus platensis elegans: south-central Guatemala
Cistothorus platensis tinnulus: western Mexico (Nayarit to Michoacán, México, and Distrito Federal)
Cistothorus platensis potosinus: north-central Mexico (San Luis Potosí)
Cistothorus platensis jalapensis: eastern Mexico (interior central Veracruz to Orizaba region)
Cistothorus platensis warneri: tropical southern Mexico (Veracruz, Tabasco, and western Chiapas)
Cistothorus platensis russelli: pine ridge region of Belize
Cistothorus platensis graberi: eastern Honduras to northeastern Nicaragua
Cistothorus platensis lucidus: subtropical central Costa Rica to western Panama (Chiriquí)
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Grass Wren
Azerbaijani:
Argentina birəbitdəni
Bulgarian:
Ливадно орехче
Catalan:
cargolet de planura
Czech:
střízlík ostřicový
Danish:
Kortnæbbet Græssmutte
German:
Pampazaunkönig
Esperanto:
pampa troglodito
Spanish:
Cucarachero Sabanero
Spanish (Spain):
Cucarachero Sabanero
Estonian:
tarnakäblik
Finnish:
sarapeukaloinen
French:
Troglodyte de Latham
Croatian:
livadni palčić
Italian:
Scricciolo pagliarolo
Japanese (romaji):
kobashinumamisosazai
Japanese:
コバシヌマミソサザイ
Lithuanian:
pievinė trumpasnapė karietaitė
Latvian:
grīšļu ceplītis
Dutch:
Graswinterkoning
Norwegian:
Sivsmett
Polish:
strzyżyk nadrzeczny
Portuguese:
Corruíra-do-campo
Portuguese (Brazil):
corruíra-do-campo
Portuguese (Portugal):
carriça-do-campo
Russian:
Травяной крапивник
Slovak:
Oriešok bahenný
Serbian:
Carić tršćar
Swedish:
gräsgärdsmyg
Turkish:
Otlak Çıtkuşu
Ukrainian:
Овад річковий
Chinese:
短嘴沼泽鹪鹩
Chinese (Traditional):
短嘴沼澤鷦鷯

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 62nd suppl.): Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 63rd suppl.): Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 64th suppl.): Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 65th suppl.): Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 66th suppl.): Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Sedge Wren [Grass] ( Cistothorus platensis [platensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Sedge Wren [Grass] ( Cistothorus platensis [platensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Sedge Wren [Grass] ( Cistothorus platensis [platensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 1]
Avilist 2025: Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
Clements, version 2021: Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022: Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023: Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024: Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2025: Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50: Sedge Wren (platensis Group) ( Cistothorus platensis [platensis Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52: Sedge Wren (platensis Group) ( Cistothorus platensis platensis/homensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53: Sedge Wren (platensis Group) ( Cistothorus platensis platensis/homensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54: Sedge Wren (platensis Group) ( Cistothorus platensis platensis/hornensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55: Sedge Wren (platensis Group) ( Cistothorus platensis platensis/hornensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2021: Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 2]
eBird version 2022: Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 2]
eBird version 2023: Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 2]
eBird version 2024: Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 2]
eBird version 2025: Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2: Grass Wren ( Cistothorus platensis) [version 3]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Cistothorus [platensis or stellaris] (sensu lato) by some authors

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