Rock Wren

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Rock Wren

Physical Description
The Rock Wren is light brown above, white below. Speckled with black and white above, indistinctly with brown below. Rust-colored rump. Short, pale eyebrow. 5-6" in length.

Distribution
The Rock Wren breeds from south-central British Columbia, east to southern Saskatchewan, portions of Great Plains, western Oklahoma, and central Texas, and south to southern Baja California and Costa Rica. Winters from northern California, east to southern Utah, south to Arizona, New Mexico, and southern Texas, and further south through breeding range. Occasionally winters in northwestern and central United States.
Rock Wren Range Map

Habitat
The Rock Wren is found in arid or semi-arid habitat, in shrubby areas in rocky canyons and cliffs, on rock slides and boulder-strewn slopes, and in arroyos with sparse vegetation. Sometimes seen around concrete and stone buildings. Similar to Canyon Wren in habitat, but in Idaho, Rock Wrens are more widely distributed. The Rock Wren nests in cavity or crevice, under or near rocks. Forages on ground, or takes food from foliage. Few studies have been conducted on this species.

Diet
The Rock Wren feeds on insects and spiders, as well as earthworms and larval insects.

Reproduction
The female Rock Wren incubates 4-10 eggs (usually 5-6) in northern range, fewer in south. Young are tended by both parents.

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