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Passeriformes / Troglodytidae / Catherpes

Canyon Wren

Catherpes mexicanus

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (canwre) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Troglodytidae
Genus: Catherpes

Subspecies (8)

Catherpes mexicanus cantator

southwestern Mexico
Catherpes mexicanus conspersus

southwestern USA and northwestern Mexico
Catherpes mexicanus croizati

southern Baja California (northwestern Mexico)
Catherpes mexicanus griseus

southwestern Canada and northwestern USA
Catherpes mexicanus meliphonus

northwestern Mexico
Catherpes mexicanus mexicanus

central and southern Mexico
Catherpes mexicanus pallidior

north-central and west-central USA
Catherpes mexicanus punctulatus

east-central California (western USA)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (canwre) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.