Rock Wren

Salpinctes obsoletus

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Troglodytidae
Genus
Salpinctes
eBird Code
rocwre

Subspecies (8)

  • Salpinctes obsoletus costaricensis

    highlands of northwestern Costa Rica

  • Salpinctes obsoletus exsul

    formerly San Benedicto Island (Revillagigedo Islands off southern Baja California); probably now extinct

  • Salpinctes obsoletus fasciatus

    highlands of northwestern Nicaragua

  • Salpinctes obsoletus guadeloupensis

    Guadalupe Island (off western Mexico)

  • Salpinctes obsoletus guttatus

    highlands of El Salvador

  • Salpinctes obsoletus neglectus

    highlands of southeastern Mexico (Chiapas) to Guatemala and central Honduras

  • Salpinctes obsoletus obsoletus

    breeds southwestern Canada and western USA to northern and central Mexico; withdraws from north of range in winter

  • Salpinctes obsoletus tenuirostris

    San Benito Islands (off southern Baja California)

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.