Canyon Wren

Catherpes mexicanusOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Wrens (Troglodytidae)

Codes: Common Name: CANW Scientific Name: CAPMEX ITIS Taxonomic No.: 178610

Head

Topo Map: Perching-like Head

Bill Shape: All-purpose
Eye Color: Brown.
Head Pattern: No Data
Crown Color: Gray-brown
Forehead Color: Gray-brown
Nape Color: Red-brown
Throat Color: White
Cere color: No Data

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Body

Topo Map: Perching-like Body

Length Range: 10-15 cm (4-6 in)
Weight: 14 g (0.5 oz)
Size: Size 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
Color: White, Brown, Rufous or Rust
Underparts: Red-brown with black and white flecking.
Upperparts: Red-brown with black and white flecking.
Back Pattern: No Data
Belly Pattern: No Data
Breast Pattern: No Data

Flight

Topo Map: Perching-like Flight

Flight Pattern: Weak and fluttering direct flight, often of short duration, on shallowly beating wings.
Wingspan Range: 18-20 cm (7-8 in)
Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
Tail Shape: Rounded Tail
Tail Pattern: Solid with black banding.
Upper Tail: Bright Red-brown with narrow black barring.
Under Tail: Red-brown with narrow black barring.
Leg Color: Black

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Canyon Wren

Canyon Wren: Medium wren with rust-brown upperparts, fine white spots on gray-brown back, nape, and crown, white throat and breast, and white-spotted brown belly. Tail is long and brown with thin black bars. Head has a flattened appearance; bill is long, slender, and slightly decurved.

● Song: "peup, peup, peup tew tew tew tew tew mew", "jeet"

● Foraging & Feeding: Canyon Wren: Eats insects and spiders; forages by hopping around on rock canyon walls, talus piles, or through dense undergrowth and thickets.

● Breeding & nesting: Canyon Wren: Four to seven white eggs with red brown flecks are laid in a nest made of sticks, lined with hair, feathers, cocoons, and fine material, and built in a tree cavity, bird box, or abandoned nest. Incubation ranges from 13 to 15 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Canyon Wren: Rock Wren is much paler, with gray-brown back, streaked breast, and different voice.

Flight Pattern

Weak and fluttering direct flight, often of short duration, on shallowly beating wings.

● Range & Habitat: Canyon Wren: Resident from southern British Columbia southward through Pacific and Mountain states to Baja California and much of the Mexican interior, eastward to southwestern South Dakota and central Texas. Preferred habitats include cliffs, canyons, rocky outcrops, and boulder piles.

^BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester

^Population

^MigrationNonmigratory

^Weight0.5 Ounces

Perching-like Head

Perching-like Body

Perching-like Flight

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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