Canyon Wren

Canyon Wren

Taxobox
name = Canyon Wren
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Troglodytidae
genus = "Catherpes"
genus_authority = Baird, 1858
species = "C. mexicanus"
binomial = "Catherpes mexicanus"
binomial_authority = (Swainson, 1829)

The Canyon Wren ("Catherpes mexicanus") is a small North American wren, and is about 14.5 cm (5.75 inches) long. It ranges from far southern British Columbia and Montana south through much of Mexico to western Chiapas and east to Oklahoma and Texas. It is the only species in the genus "Catherpes".

Similar to the Rock Wren in habitat and habits, the Canyon Wren prefers rocky environments near water, particularly in fairly dry country and steep terrain (sometimes including buildings). It feeds on insects and spiders by probing into crevices with its long bill. Its coloration is rustier than that of the Rock Wren, even on the belly, with a contrasting white throat and breast. The Canyon Wren is more often heard than seen, and its falling series of whistles is one of the more familiar bird calls of the canyons of the western United States.

It builds a cup nest out of twigs and other vegetation in a rock crevice. It lays 4 to 6 eggs, white with reddish brown and gray speckles.

References

* Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
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External links

* [http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i7170id.html Canyon Wren] at USGS Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter
* [http://sdakotabirds.com/species/canyon_wren_info.htm Canyon Wren Information] - South Dakota Birds and Birding
* [http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Canyon_Wren.html Canyon Wren Species Account] - Cornell Lab of Ornithology
* [http://ibc.hbw.com/ibc/phtml/especie.phtml?idEspecie=5723 Canyon Wren] on the Internet Bird Collection
* [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/search.html?Form=Search&SEARCHBY=Common&KEYWORDS=canyon+wren&showwhat=images&AGE=All&SEX=All&ACT=All&Search=Search&VIEW=All&ORIENTATION=All&RESULTS=24 Canyon Wren photo gallery] VIREO
* [http://i.pbase.com/u43/tgrey/upload/27842001.CanyonWren4.jpgPhoto-High Res--(Close-up)] ; [http://www.pbase.com/tgrey/image/27842001 Article] - i.pbase.com-(Photos)


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