Wrens (Troglodytidae)
Canyon Wren (Catherpes mexicanus) - HBW 10, p. 409
French: Troglodyte des canyons
German: Schluchtenzaunkönig
Spanish: Cucarachero Barranquero
Taxonomy: Thryothorus mexicanus Swainson, 1829, Real del Monte, Hidalgo, Mexico.
Probably closest to Hylorchilus. Other described races, all from USA, are griseus (Yakima County, in S Washington), punctulatus (Placer County, in EC California) and polioptilus (Chisos Mts, in Texas), but plumage variations of these are not constant, and no clear-cut geographical boundaries are apparent. Seven subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- pallidior A. R. Phillips, 1986 - SW Canada (S British Columbia) and W USA (S to NE Utah and NW Colorado).
- conspersus Ridgway, 1873 - SW USA (from N Nevada and C Colorado) S to NW Mexico (S to C Baja California).
- albifrons (Giraud, 1841) - S USA (SW Texas) and N Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León).
- pallidior A. R. Phillips, 1986 - SW Canada (S British Columbia) and W USA (S to NE Utah and NW Colorado).
- conspersus Ridgway, 1873 - SW USA (from N Nevada and C Colorado) S to NW Mexico (S to C Baja California).
- albifrons (Giraud, 1841) - S USA (SW Texas) and N Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León).
- meliphonus Oberholser, 1930 - NW Mexico (W Sonora and WC Chihuahua S to Sinaloa and Durango).
- croizati A. R. Phillips, 1986 - S Baja California.
- cantator A. R. Phillips, 1966 - C Mexico (Nayarit S to Michoacán).
- mexicanus (Swainson, 1829) - Mexican plateau from Durango and Jalisco S to Colima and Oaxaca, also disjunctly in SW Chiapas.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult perched on a rock fall singing, they flying away Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (ssp conspersus)
Don DesJardin 8 June 2011 50 weeks ago 52 sec 5 -
A juvenile perched giving a sharp "jeet" call, which is that species typical call, then flying away. Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (ssp conspersus)
Don DesJardin 9 June 2011 50 weeks ago 35 sec 4.4 -
A bird moving up a wall Locality Tepoztlán, Morelos State, Mexico (Northern) (ssp mexicanus)
Juan Sanabria 31 May 2006 5 years ago 29 sec 3.3 -
A bird moving over plastic tubes Locality Tepoztlán, Morelos State, Mexico (Northern) (ssp mexicanus)
Juan Sanabria 31 May 2006 5 years ago 28 sec 3 -
A bird on a wall, foraging Locality Tepoztlán, Morelos State, Mexico (Northern) (ssp mexicanus)
Juan Sanabria 31 May 2006 5 years ago 34 sec 2.6
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A bird singing on a rock.
Locality Two Buttes Reservoir, Baca County, Colorado, USA (United States) (ssp conspersus)
Nick Athanas 30 April 2011 50 weeks ago 4.7 -
An adult.
Locality Malibu Creek State Park, Los Angeles County, California, USA (United States)
Alexander Viduetsky 28 May 2011 18 weeks ago 4.6 -
Canyon Wren perched on desert scrub
Locality Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Eddy County, New Mexico, USA (United States)
Tom Moxley 14 April 2010 1 year ago 3.8 -
One of a pair of birds busily ferrying food to nestlings on the canyon wall.
Locality Montezuma Well, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA (United States)
Miriam Bauman 9 May 2009 1 year ago 3.2 -
Side view of a bird perched on a branch
Locality Settlers' Park / Red Rocks Open Space Area, Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado, USA (United States)
beto_matheus 22 July 2009 2 years ago 3 -
Canyon Wren perched on the edge of the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.
Locality Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA (United States)
rdavidmurphy 14 October 2009 2 years ago 2.4
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A bird singing along the roadside in the evening. Locality San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA (United States)
Chris Harrison 19 June 2011 4 weeks ago 5 -
Singing on cliffside Locality Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington State, USA (United States)
(ssp pallidior) (Monotypic species)
Andrew_Davis 22 May 2004 2 years ago 4
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