Rock Wren
Salpinctes obsoletus
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Troglodytidae
- Genus
- Salpinctes
- eBird Code
- rocwre
Subspecies (8)
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Salpinctes obsoletus costaricensis
highlands of northwestern Costa Rica
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Salpinctes obsoletus exsul
formerly San Benedicto Island (Revillagigedo Islands off southern Baja California); probably now extinct
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Salpinctes obsoletus fasciatus
highlands of northwestern Nicaragua
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Salpinctes obsoletus guadeloupensis
Guadalupe Island (off western Mexico)
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Salpinctes obsoletus guttatus
highlands of El Salvador
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Salpinctes obsoletus neglectus
highlands of southeastern Mexico (Chiapas) to Guatemala and central Honduras
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Salpinctes obsoletus obsoletus
breeds southwestern Canada and western USA to northern and central Mexico; withdraws from north of range in winter
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Salpinctes obsoletus tenuirostris
San Benito Islands (off southern Baja California)
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.