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Canyon Wren

Catherpes mexicanusOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Wrens (Troglodytidae)
Canyon Wren Breeding Male Head Illustration

Head

  • Bill Shape: All-purpose
  • Eye Color: Brown.
  • Head Pattern: No Data
  • Crown Color: Gray-brown
  • Forehead Color: Gray-brown
  • Nape Color: Red-brown
  • Throat Color: White
  • Cere color: No Data
Canyon Wren Breeding Male Body Illustration

Body

  • Length Range: 10-15 cm (4-6 in)
  • Weight: 14 g (0.5 oz)
  • Size: Size 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
  • Color: White, Brown, Rufous or Rust
  • Underparts: Red-brown with black and white flecking.
  • Upperparts: Red-brown with black and white flecking.
  • Back Pattern: No Data
  • Belly Pattern: No Data
  • Breast Pattern: No Data
Canyon Wren Breeding Male Flight Illustration

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Weak and fluttering direct flight, often of short duration, on shallowly beating wings.
  • Wingspan Range: 18-20 cm (7-8 in)
  • Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Rounded Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Solid with black banding.
  • Upper Tail: Bright Red-brown with narrow black barring.
  • Under Tail: Red-brown with narrow black barring.
  • Leg Color: Black
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Family Wren (Troglodytidae)_blue
Species Catherpes mexicanus
Length4 - 6 Inches
Wingspan7.5 Inches

Canyon Wren

Canyon Wren: Medium wren with rust-brown upperparts, fine white spots on gray-brown back, nape, and crown, white throat and breast, and white-spotted brown belly. Tail is long and brown with thin black bars. Head has a flattened appearance; bill is long, slender, and slightly decurved.

● Song: "peup, peup, peup tew tew tew tew tew mew", "jeet"

● Foraging & Feeding: Canyon Wren: Eats insects and spiders; forages by hopping around on rock canyon walls, talus piles, or through dense undergrowth and thickets.

● Breeding & nesting: Canyon Wren: Four to seven white eggs with red brown flecks are laid in a nest made of sticks, lined with hair, feathers, cocoons, and fine material, and built in a tree cavity, bird box, or abandoned nest. Incubation ranges from 13 to 15 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Canyon Wren: Rock Wren is much paler, with gray-brown back, streaked breast, and different voice.

Flight Pattern

Weak and fluttering direct flight, often of short duration, on shallowly beating wings.
Canyon Wren Breeding Male Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Canyon Wren: Resident from southern British Columbia southward through Pacific and Mountain states to Baja California and much of the Mexican interior, eastward to southwestern South Dakota and central Texas. Preferred habitats include cliffs, canyons, rocky outcrops, and boulder piles.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
Population
MigrationNonmigratory
Weight0.5 Ounces