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Rock Wren

Salpinctes obsoletusOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Wrens (Troglodytidae)
Rock Wren Breeding Male Head Illustration

Head

  • Bill Shape: All-purpose
  • Eye Color: Ranges from brown to dark brown, olive brown to umber.
  • Head Pattern: No Data
  • Crown Color: Grey with white flecking.
  • Forehead Color: Gray with white flecking.
  • Nape Color: Gray with white flecking.
  • Throat Color: White
  • Cere color: No Data
Rock Wren Breeding Male Body Illustration

Body

  • Length Range: 13-15 cm (5-6 in)
  • Weight: 17 g (0.6 oz)
  • Size: Size 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
  • Color: White, Brown, Gray, Buff
  • Underparts: White to buff with pale gray streaking.
  • Upperparts: Gray with white flecking from crown to mid back blending to red-brown.
  • Back Pattern: No Data
  • Belly Pattern: No Data
  • Breast Pattern: No Data
Rock Wren Breeding Male Flight Illustration

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Weak fluttering direct flights, often short, on shallowly beating wings.
  • Wingspan Range: 23 cm (9 in)
  • Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Pointed Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Solid
  • Upper Tail: Red-brown with black barring.
  • Under Tail: White with light barring.
  • Leg Color: Black
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Family Wren (Troglodytidae)_blue
Species Salpinctes obsoletus
Length5 - 6 Inches
Wingspan9 Inches

Rock Wren

Rock Wren: Medium wren with white-speckled gray upperparts, brown rump, white-over-black eye-lines, white throat and breast with fine gray streaks, and buff-yellow flanks and belly. The long tail is buff-and-black barred, and has a pale tip; undertail coverts are white with black bars.

● Song: "keree-keree-keree, chair, chair, chair, deedle, deedle, deedle, tur, tur, tur, keree", "tic-keer"

● Foraging & Feeding: Rock Wren Breeding Male: Eats insects and spiders; forages for food around and between rocks.

● Breeding & nesting: Rock Wren: Four to ten white eggs flecked with red brown are laid in a nest made of sticks, leaves, moss, and finer materials, lined with feathers and fur, and hidden in a cavity or crevice, sometimes in a building. Incubation ranges from 12 to 18 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Rock Wren: Canyon Wren is much darker, with white throat, rufous-and-black tail, and different voice.

Flight Pattern

Weak fluttering direct flights, often short, on shallowly beating wings.
Rock Wren Breeding Male Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Rock Wren: Breeds from southern British Columbia to southern Saskatchewan, southward to California and Texas, and south to Central America. Spends winters in southern U.S. and southward. Frequents arid or semiarid areas with exposed rock; also alpine habitats.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
PopulationFairly common
MigrationMigratory
Weight0.6 Ounces