Rock Wren

Rock wren Salpinctes obsoletus
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Length: 4.75 inches
Thin, slightly decurved bill
Pale gray supercilium
Underparts pale gray becoming buffy toward tail
Upperparts gray with minute black and white spots ...

Rock Wren
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Rock Wren ( Salpinctes obsoletus )
Rock Wren, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Near San Antonio, New Mexico
Photograph by Alan And Elaine Wilson. Some rights reserved. (view image details) ...

ROCK WREN.
[Rock Wren.]
TROGLODYTES OBSOLETUS, Say.
[Salpinctes obsoletus.] ...

Family Troglodytidae
Rock Wren
Salpinctes obsoletus (Say)
Status One record. On 4 October 1980 on Seal Island an individual was found by John Kearney and Nancy Blair. It was subsequently seen by others and photographed by Bruce Mactavish.

Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus (click for a bigger version)
Rock Wrens have a range from southwestern Canada through the western part of the United States and down to Central America.

Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus. Accidental.
Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus. Breeder. Common in all seasons and regions. Found in thickets in woodlands, farmlands, and suburbs. Lowest Conservation Concern.

Rock Wrens (Salpinctes obsoletus)
Rufous-and-white Wrens (Thryothorus rufalbus)
Rufous-breasted Wrens (Thryothorus rutilus) ...

Local Name: Rock Wren
Breeding Range: Falkland Islands
Length: 13cm.
Falklands Population: ~2,000 breeding pairs
World Population: as above
(species endemic to Falklands) ...

We missed Blue Duck and Rock Wren, and I looked pretty hard for them. We picked up most of the other landbirds, but had some misses in the shorebird department. I wasn't there when the two migratory cuckoos are there.

Cactus Wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus)
Rock Wren (Salpinctes obsoletus)
Canyon Wren (Catherpes mexicanus)
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)
Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii)
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) ...

Other wren species can be separated by habitat: both the Marsh Wren and the Sedge Wren are birds of marshy reeds and grasses. Both are paler below, with more distinct eyestripes, than House Wrens. Rock Wrens of the dry West are paler gray-brown ...

See also: Wren, House Wren, Winter Wren, Carolina Wren, Marsh wren