Rock wren

The 12 cm long adults have grey-brown upperparts with small black and white spots and pale grey underparts with a light brown rump. They have a light grey line over the eye, a long slightly decurved thin bill, a long barred tail and dark legs.

The Rock wren is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Rock Wren (Salpinctes obsoletus) is a small songbird of the wren family. It is the only species in the genus Salpinctes. The 12 cm long adults have grey-brown upperparts with small black and white spots and pale grey underparts with a light brown rump. They have a light grey line over the eye, a long slightly decurved thin bill, a long barred tail and dark legs. Their breeding habitat is dry rocky locations, including canyons, from southwestern Canada south to Costa Rica. More

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A pale gray bird of rocky areas, the Rock Wren is found throughout arid western North America. More

* The male Rock Wren is a truly remarkable singer and can have a large song repertoire of 100 or more song types, many of which seem to be learned from neighbors. * It usually builds a walkway of small pebbles that leads to the nest cavity. The function of this pavement is unknown. More

platform the small rock wren had managed to maintain his steadfast hold. When in 1912 these wilds had been visited it had been Autumn; now it was full spring on the mountainsides. The gritty peat slopes were lightened with innumerable blossoms of the mountain–lily. As single plants or in great irregular clumps, their white flowers high above the deep-green shield shaped leaves dotted and streaked the dips and falls. More

Rock Wren is a small songbird, with dull grey-brown back and cinnamon rump, long cinnamon tail with buffy tips on outer feathers, and a broad dark tail band. Upperparts are speckled with small white and dark patches. Underparts are whitish, finely streaked with grey-brown on breast and throat. Flanks are washed with cinnamon. Undertail coverts are whitish barred black. Head is dull grey-brown on crown and nape. We can see a white eye-stripe. More

North American RangeThe Rock Wren is the largest wren in Washington. Its back is gray and speckled with light dots. Its flanks are buff-yellow, and its breast is white streaked with gray. Two eye-lines, white over dark, extend behind the eye. In flight, a brown rump patch is evident, as are the pale tips of the tail. The pale tip extends almost all the way across in a terminal band, but is interrupted in the middle by gray. More

The Rock Wren is light brown above, white below. Speckled with black and white above, indistinctly with brown below. Rust-colored rump. Short, pale eyebrow. 5-6" in length. Distribution The Rock Wren breeds from south-central British Columbia, east to southern Saskatchewan, portions of Great Plains, western Oklahoma, and central Texas, and south to southern Baja California and Costa Rica. More

Rock Wren - Salpinctes obsoletus The Rock Wren is a pale wren of arid rocky slopes and canyons. They have the odd habit of leaving a thin trail of pebbles leading to its nest in crevice or hole. The Rock Wren can have an amazing array of songs. Residents of arid habitats, Rock Wrens are not known to drink water, instead getting all required moisture through food items. Habitat: Rocky slopes and outcrops, canyons, cliff walls, and reservoir rip-rap, usually in arid locations. More

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considered rock wren a resident in Lincoln County, stating that it was not common in any locality, but that it occurs throughout the county on migration and during the post- breeding period. Rock wren is a summer resident in the lower North Platte River Valley present 14 April to 2 September (Rosche 1979). Breeding Range: Restricted primarily to the Platte River Valley and adjacent portions of the Sandhills physiographic regions during the breeding season. More

Aspects of the topic rock wren are discussed in the following places at Britannica. Assorted References * species and territory (in rock wren (Xenicus genus)) ...New Zealand bird belonging to the family Xenicidae (q.v.); also, a true wren of North America (Salpinctes obsoletus; see wren). More

Rock Wren - Definition = Rock Wren Photo: Wren Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Troglodytidae Genus: Salpinctes Species: obsoletus Binomial name More

writings of the rock wren I am shocked at society’s ignorance of this bird. Janovy 1978: 45, 49. Rock, song, mystery: essence of Rock Wren. Rock. The Rock Wren is well named. Most descriptions of Rock Wren habitat mention “rock” for this pale wren of arid, western North America. Still, these wrens are also found in nonrocky habitats, as long as there exist areas “rich in crevices, interstices, passageways, recesses, and nooks and crannies of diverse shapes and sizes” (Ryser 1985: 410). More

* Similar species: Canyon Wren is similar to the Rock Wren but has a white throat and upper breast contrasting with its darker underparts and a longer bill. Bewick's Wren has a bolder supercilium (line above eye) and lacks contrast between the back and rump. More

The New Zealand Rockwren (Xenicus gilviventris), or Rock Wren, is a small New Zealand wren (family Acanthisittidae) endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. It is sometimes known as the South Island Wren, a name used to separate it from the unrelated Rock Wren of North America. While the species is currently restricted to alpine areas of the South Island, fossil evidence indicates it was once present in the North Island as well. More

rock wrenrock wren - wren inhabiting badlands and mesa country of western United States and MexicoSalpinctes obsoletusjenny wren, wren - any of several small active brown birds of the northern hemisphere with short upright tails; they feed on insectsgenus Salpinctes, Salpinctes - a genus of Troglodytidae How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. More

Rock wren on rock Rock wren on rock Rock wren at nest entrance Rock wren at nest entrance Tiny rock wrens or pīwauwau (Xenicus gilviventris) are found above the treeline, between 900 and 2,500 metres’ altitude. They live under large boulders at the foot of screes and rock falls. In summer rock wrens hop and buzz about on short rounded wings, feeding on insects or collecting materials to build their nests. More

HabitatThe Rock Wren is well named. Most descriptions of Rock Wren habitat mention "rock" for this pale wren of arid, western North America. Still, these wrens are also found in nonrocky habitats, as long as there exists areas "rich in crevices, interstices, passageways, recesses, and nooks and crannies of diverse shapes and sizes" (Ryser 1985:410 in Lowther et al. 2000). More

* The Rock Wren Find and Compare prices on the rock wren at Smarter.com. www.smarter.com Email this page to a friend Houghton Mifflin rock wren NOUN: 1. Any of several wrens of the genus Salpinctes, especially S. obsoletus, found in rocky regions of the western United States and Mexico. 2. More