#1432 · 🐦 birds

Rock Wren

🇳🇱 Amerikaanse Rotswinterkoning ·Salpinctes obsoletus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The rock wren ( Salpinctes obsoletus ) is a small songbird of the wren family native to South America and western North America. It is the only species in the genus Salpinctes . Adults are about 12 cm long. They have grey-brown upperparts with small black and white spots and pale grey underparts with a light brown rump. Additional distinctive features include a light grey line over the eye, a long slightly decurved thin bill, a long barred tail and...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 20,943iNaturalist observations
weight 16.5 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
20,943 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 17 g.
Scientifically named by Thomas Say in 1823 (203 years ago).