The Canyon Wrens inhabits canyons, cliffs, boulder fields and other rocky areas including man-made structures may move to streamside habitats in winter. The Cactus Wren is found in deserts and arid foothills in association with cactus, yucca, mesquite, and arid brush. Bewick’s Wren: Pale gray below, dull brown above, bold whiteĮyebrow tail relatively long, brown with white corners. Rock Wren: Finely mottled gray-brown upper parts, finely streaked whitish breast, white streak over eyes. Spanish Names: matraca, saltapared (wren) matraca grande (Cactus Wren) Distinguishing featuresĬactus Wren: Large with heavily spotted underparts spots forming a dark cluster on the upper breast in the adult.Ĭanyon Wren: White throat and breast, overall red-brown in color. Other common names: Dotted Wren, White-throated Wren (Canyon Wren) Its brash behavior earns the Cactus Wren the admiration of its human neighbors and it has been selected as Arizona’s official State Bird.Ĭactus Wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus) Pairs or family groups of Cactus Wrens, strikingly spotted and striped, go clambering and scrambling about in the open, calling in rough scratchy voices from high perches, boldly peering in the windows of houses on the desert’s edge. While most wrens are small, plain, secretive, musical, and solitary, the best-known wren in the Sonoran Desert breaks all those rules. Though the Rock Wren sings rather like a weak and uninspired mockingbird, the Canyon Wren produces a rippling, descending cascade of loud clear whistles, fitting music for the most majestic canyons of the west. They play hide-and-seek among the boulders, bouncing from one rock to the next, probing into deep crevices for spiders and insects lurking there. In more barren rocky zones, the Canyon Wren and Rock Wren manage to thrive in places where there is not enough plant life to create habitat for most birds. Usually it stays fairly low, but a male will flit to the top of an exposed stub to sing his musical trills. Typical of the wren family is Bewick’s Wren, which hops about in the dense brush along desert washes. In some wren species, the male may build several “dummy nests” before the female chooses one, adds a soft lining to it, and lays her eggs there. Often hard to see, they are easy to hear. Saving Earth Britannica Presents Earth’s To-Do List for the 21st Century.Active and inquisitive little brown birds, wrens spend their days snooping about, peering into shadows, prying with their thin bills, seeking the insects on which they feed.Britannica Beyond We’ve created a new place where questions are at the center of learning.100 Women Britannica celebrates the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, highlighting suffragists and history-making politicians.COVID-19 Portal While this global health crisis continues to evolve, it can be useful to look to past pandemics to better understand how to respond today.Student Portal Britannica is the ultimate student resource for key school subjects like history, government, literature, and more.Demystified Videos In Demystified, Britannica has all the answers to your burning questions.This Time in History In these videos, find out what happened this month (or any month!) in history.#WTFact Videos In #WTFact Britannica shares some of the most bizarre facts we can find.Britannica Classics Check out these retro videos from Encyclopedia Britannica’s archives.Britannica Explains In these videos, Britannica explains a variety of topics and answers frequently asked questions.
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