Rock Wren

Salpinctes obsoletus

Order

PASSERIFORMES

Family

Wrens (Troglodytidae)

Code 4

ROWR

Code 6

SALOBS

ITIS

HEAD

Bill Shape: All-purpose
Eye Color: Ranges from brown to dark brown, olive brown to umber.
Head Pattern: No Data
Crown Color: Grey with white flecking.
Forehead Color: Gray with white flecking.
Nape Color: Gray with white flecking.
Throat Color: White
Cere color: No Data

BODY

Length Range: 13-15 cm (5-6 in)
Weight: 17 g (0.6 oz)
Size: 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
Color Primary: Brown, Gray
Underparts: White to buff with pale gray streaking.
Upperparts: Gray with white flecking from crown to mid back blending to red-brown.
Back Pattern: No Data
Belly Pattern: No Data
Breast Pattern: No Data

FLIGHT

Flight Pattern: Weak fluttering direct flights, often short, on shallowly beating wings.
Wingspan Range: 23 cm (9 in)
Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
Tail Shape: Pointed Tail
Tail Pattern: Solid
Upper Tail: Red-brown with black barring.
Under Tail: White with light barring.
Leg Color: Black

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