Wrens (Troglodytidae)
Cactus Wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus) - HBW 10, p. 403
French: Troglodyte des cactus
German: Kaktuszaunkönig
Spanish: Cucarachero Desértico
Other common names: Northern Cactus Wren
Taxonomy: Picolaptes brunneicapillus Lafresnaye, 1835, California; error = Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico.
Has been thought by some to form a superspecies with C. jocosus and C. yucatanicus. Sometimes regarded as conspecific with latter, but differs significantly in plumage, voice, behaviour and nest form. USA and N Mexican population sometimes referred to as race anthonyi, but name couesi has priority. Eight subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- couesi Sharpe, 1882 - S USA (S Nevada, SW Utah, S Arizona, S New Mexico, S Texas) and NW & NC Mexico (N Sonora, N & E Chihuahua, N Coahuila).
- sandiegense Rea, 1986 - extreme SW USA (coastal S California) and NW Baja California.
- bryanti (Anthony, 1894) - W coast of Baja California (between 31º N and 29º30’ N).
- couesi Sharpe, 1882 - S USA (S Nevada, SW Utah, S Arizona, S New Mexico, S Texas) and NW & NC Mexico (N Sonora, N & E Chihuahua, N Coahuila).
- sandiegense Rea, 1986 - extreme SW USA (coastal S California) and NW Baja California.
- bryanti (Anthony, 1894) - W coast of Baja California (between 31º N and 29º30’ N).
- purus (van Rossem, 1930) - both coasts of Baja California between c. 29º N and 25º N.
- seri (van Rossem, 1932) - Tiburón I, in Gulf of California.
- affinis Xántus de Vesey, 1860 - S Baja California (S from 25º N).
- brunneicapillus (Lafresnaye, 1835) - NW Mexico (C Sonora S to N Sinaloa).
- guttatus (Gould, 1837) - C Mexican plateau from Nuevo León S to Michoacán and Hidalgo.
- Least Concern
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An adult perched on cacti calling once and then catches a bee and flys away with it. The bee capture sequence is repeated and pl Ventura County, California, USA (ssp sandiegense)
Don DesJardin 18 May 2010 9 weeks ago 35 sec 4.8 -
An adult perched on cacti with a small centipede in its beak for feeding young and calling at the same time. Ventura County, California, USA (ssp sandiegense)
Don DesJardin 18 May 2010 10 weeks ago 1 min 11 sec 4.8 -
Several views of a male calling on territory while perched on a dead bush and various Teddy-Bear Cholla Cactus. The last scene i Borrego Springs, California, USA (ssp couesi )
Don DesJardin 3 April 2010 16 weeks ago 1 min 8 sec 4.2 -
An adult bird perched on the top of a cactus Ventura County, California, USA (ssp sandiegense)
Don DesJardin 31 October 2002 2 years ago 16 sec 4.2 -
A bird foraging on the ground Falcon State Park, Starr County, Texas, USA (ssp couesi)
Bill Wayman 31 January 2008 2 years ago 17 sec 4.1 -
A bird moving in a low bush and feeding Falcon State Park, Starr County, Texas, USA (ssp couesi)
Bill Wayman 31 January 2008 2 years ago 40 sec 3.7
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A faithful feeder attendee. Never aggressive, always polite. An all-day customer Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA
georgeanast 1 December 2008 1 year ago 4 -
An adult perched on cactus. California, USA (ssp couesi )
Don DesJardin 8 March 2004 1 year ago 3.8 -
In the garden of a private residence Portal, Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, USA
Erik Breden 11 August 2007 10 weeks ago 3.5 -
Bird perched on a branch Arizona, USA
killiajk 6 April 2009 1 year ago 3 -
A male singing Portal, Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, USA
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 9 May 2007 1 year ago 3 -
An adult bird cleaning dead insects from my car's windscreen wipers Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Robert Wynands 6 May 1991 33 weeks ago 2
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Singing adult Mojave National Preserve, San Bernardino County, California, USA
(ssp couesi)
Andrew_Davis 16 June 2005 33 weeks ago 3
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