Species: Salpinctes obsoletus
Rock Wren
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Troglodytidae
Genus
Salpinctes
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
ChivirÃn Saltarroca - troglodyte des rochers
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Perching Birds
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Passeriformes - Troglodytidae - Salpinctes
Ecology and Life History
Migration
true - true - true - Breeding populations in northern interior U.S. and southern Canada are migratory.
Non-migrant
true
Locally Migrant
true
Food Comments
Primary diet probably insects and spiders.
Reproduction Comments
In New Mexico, nest building was observed as early as early March (Merola 1995). Clutch size is 4-10 in north (usually 5-6); 4 in Costa Rica (Stiles and Skutch 1989). Incubation, by female, lasts about 12-14 days (Merola 1995). Fledging occurs in 14-16 days (Merola 1995). Young are tended by both parents. In New Mexico, some pairs produced three broods in one season (Merola 1995). Male may tend brood while female starts new clutch (Merola 1995).
Length
15
Weight
17
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1996-12-03
Global Status Last Changed
1996-12-03
Other Status
LC - Least concern
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
BREEDS: south-central British Columbia east to southern Saskatchewan, east to northwestern North Dakota, southern South Dakota, central Nebraska, western Oklahoma, and central Texas, and south to southern Baja California and through Central America to Costa Rica. A pair bred near Churchill, Manitoba, in 1988. WINTERS: northern California east to southern Utah, south to Arizona, New Mexico, southern Texas and south through breeding range, occasionally in northwestern and central U.S. (Terres 1980)