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Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- bird
- Subclass of
- Troglodytidae
- Parent taxon
- Salpinctes
- Mass
- 16.5
- Image
- Rock Wren.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Salpinctes obsoletus
- Commons category
- Salpinctes obsoletus
- Commons gallery
- Salpinctes obsoletus
- taxon common name
- cambaxirra-das-rochas
- litter size
- 4.9
- egg incubation period
- 13
- different from
- New Zealand rock wren
- taxon range
- Kansas
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Encyclopedic overview
The rock wren (Salpinctes obsoletus) is a small songbird of the wren family native to the rocky areas of western North America. There are 8 subspecies of the rock wren, one of which is extinct. They are similar in size to other wrens, with a grey-brown coat, a brown rump, and a speckled white throat.
They are visually similar to the canyon wren, which they share a habitat with. They are noted for their variable song and song pattern, used for territory defense, as well as their habit of building "pavements" with flat rocks around their nest to help nestlings stay dry. Rock wrens are serially monogamous, forming pairs for nesting season. Nestbuilding usually begins in March, usually in crevices, and the first brood are laid late April to June, with a possible second brood later in June.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rock Wren” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.