Buff-breasted Wren

Cantorchilus leucotis

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Troglodytidae
Genus
Cantorchilus
eBird Code
bubwre1

Vocalizations

Tomaz Nascimento de Melo · CC0_1_0
Jackson Frost · CC_BY_4_0
Mike Ostrowski · CC_BY_4_0
Jackson Frost · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (11)

  • Cantorchilus leucotis albipectus

    northeastern Venezuela to the Guianas and northeastern Brazil (eastern Amazonas eastward to northern Maranhão and northern Mato Grosso)

  • Cantorchilus leucotis bogotensis

    llanos of eastern Colombia to central Venezuela

  • Cantorchilus leucotis collinus

    northern Colombia (northern Guajira Peninsula in Serranía de Macuira)

  • Cantorchilus leucotis conditus

    Pearl Islands and Coiba Island (Gulf of Panama)

  • Cantorchilus leucotis galbraithii

    eastern Panama and northwestern Colombia (northern Chocó and northern Antioquia)

  • Cantorchilus leucotis hypoleucus

    llanos of north-central Venezuela

  • Cantorchilus leucotis leucotis

    northern Colombia (west slope of Santa Marta Mountains to Magdalena Valley)

  • Cantorchilus leucotis peruanus

    southeastern Colombia to eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, northern Bolivia, and western Amazonian Brazil (Amazonas)

  • Cantorchilus leucotis rufiventris

    eastern Brazil (southern Maranhão to Piauí, Goiás, Minas Gerais and São Paulo)

  • Cantorchilus leucotis venezuelanus

    northern tropical Colombia and northwestern Venezuela

  • Cantorchilus leucotis zuliensis

    eastern Colombia (Norte de Santander) to western Venezuela

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.