Stocky-chested with a long tail and bill. Rusty brown overall with barring on the wings and tail. Its throat and chest are white.
Sings a descending cascade of liquid notes that echoes through rocky canyons.
Sings a descending cascade of liquid notes. Note white throat and chestnut belly with varying amounts of black and white speckling.
Medium-sized wren with a long tail and bill. Rusty brown overall with barring on the wings and tail and a white throat and chest.
Found near cliffs, canyons, rocky outcrops, and boulder piles often bobbing up and down.
A distinctive pot-bellied wren with a long, slender, slightly curved bill, a fairly long tail, and strong, short legs. The wings are short and rounded.
Larger than a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, smaller than a Cactus Wren.
sparrow-sized or smallerCanyon Wrens are divided into 3 subspecies, differing mostly in plumage tones, bill length, and thickness of barring on tail. Subspecies conspersus in most of the species’ United States range (and barely into Canada); albifrons in northern Mexico and West Texas; and mexicanus in the southern Mexican Plateau.
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