Rock wren

Rock wren
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Cless:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Faimily:	Troglodytidae
Genus:	Salpinctes Cabanis, 1847
Species:	S. obsoletus
Binomial name
Salpinctes obsoletus (Say, 1823)
Subspecies
S. o. obsoletus (Say, 1823) S. o. guadeloupensis (Ridgway, 1876) S. o. tenuirostris (van Rossem, 1943) S. o. exsul (Ridgway, 1903) S. o. neglectus (Nelson, 1897) S. o. guttatus (Salvin and Godman, 1891) S. o. fasciatus (Salvin and Godman, 1891) S. o. costaricensis (van Rossem, 1941)
Breeding   Migration   Year-round   Nonbreeding
Synonyms
Troglodytes obsoleta (Say, 1823) Troglodytes latifasciatus (Deppe, 1830)

The rock wren (Salpinctes obsoletus) is a smaw sangbird o the wren faimily hamelt tae the rocky airts o waster North Americae. Thare are 8 subspecies o the rock wren, ane o that haes dee'd oot: the San Benedicto rock wren, as a eftercast o the blawin o Volcán Bárcena. Thay're seemilar in size tae ither wrens, wi a gray-broun coat, a broun buttocks, an a broukit white craig. Thay're seemilar tae the canyon wren, whilk thay skare wi. Thay're kent for their changable sang an sang paitern, uised fur reeng fendin, as weel as thair habit o biggin ap "paves" wi plat rocks aroond thair nest tae help thair chicks stey dry. Nestbiggin sterts in Mairch, an the first bruid are laid late Aprile tae Juin. Thay're laund-scarters, rarely fleein. Thair diet is bugs.