Wrens (Troglodytidae)

American Rock Wren (Salpinctes obsoletus) - HBW 10, p. 409

French: Troglodyte des rochers German: Felsenzaunkönig Spanish: Cucarachero Roquero
Other common names: Rock Wren(!)

Taxonomy: Troglodytes obsoleta Say, 1823, South Platte River, Colorado, USA.
Probably closest to Catherpes and Hylorchilus. Two proposed island races, pulverius (from San Nicolas I and San Clemente I, off SW California) and proximus (from San Martín I, off NW Baja California), both considered indistinguishable from nominate; described races costaricensis (NW Costa Rica) and fasciatus (NW Nicaragua) merged with guttatus, but one or both possibly merit recognition. Race exsul, from San Benedicto I (off WC Mexico), extinct. Five extant subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

obsoletus (Say, 1823) - breeds W North America from S British Columbia, S Alberta and S Saskatchewan S to coastal California (including islands of San Nicolas and San Clemente), Oklahoma and W Texas, and W, N & C Mexico from Baja California (including San Martín I) S at higher elevations to Oaxaca; N populations migrate to S parts of range.
guadeloupensis Ridgway, 1876 - Guadalupe I, off W Baja California.
tenuirostris van Rossem, 1943 - San Benito, off W Baja California.

See all 5 subspecies

obsoletus (Say, 1823) - breeds W North America from S British Columbia, S Alberta and S Saskatchewan S to coastal California (including islands of San Nicolas and San Clemente), Oklahoma and W Texas, and W, N & C Mexico from Baja California (including San Martín I) S at higher elevations to Oaxaca; N populations migrate to S parts of range.
guadeloupensis Ridgway, 1876 - Guadalupe I, off W Baja California.
tenuirostris van Rossem, 1943 - San Benito, off W Baja California.
neglectus Nelson, 1897 - highlands from S Mexico (Chiapas) S to C Honduras.
guttatus Salvin & Godman, 1891 - El Salvador S to NW Costa Rica.