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Cactus Wren

Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus (de Lafresnaye, NFAA 1835)

The cactus wren is a species of wren endemic to the deserts of the southwestern United States and northern and central Mexico. It is the state bird of Arizona, and the largest wren in the United States. Its plumage is brown, with black and white spots as markings. It has a distinctive white eyebrow that sweeps to the nape of the neck. The chest is white, whereas the underparts are cinnamon-buff colored. Both sexes appear similar. The tail, as well as flight feathers, are barred in black and white. Their song is a loud raspy chirrup; akin in the description of some ornithologists to the sound of a car engine that will not start. It is well-adapted to its native desert environment, and the birds can meet their water needs from their diet which consists chiefly of insects, but also of some plant matter. The cactus wren is a poor flier and generally forages for food on the ground. Ornithologists generally recognize seven subspecies, with the exact taxonomy under dispute. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Troglodytidae
Genus:
   Campylorhynchus
Scientific:
  Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus


Original description

Citation:
  (de Lafresnaye, NFAA 1835)

Reference:
   Mag. Zool. Paris 5 cl.2 [p.23] pl.47

Protonym:
  Picolaptes brunneicapillus

Type locality:
  California, error = coast region of southern Sonora, Mexico designated by Bangs, 1930, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 70, p. 313.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/114196#page/445/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  891F222F2EAA338F

Avibase ID:
  avibase-891F222F

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/891F222F


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 178587

Geographic range:

  • Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus: arid spiny scrub from lowlands to mountains of southeastern California and southern Nevada eastward through central Texas (southwestern to south-central USA) and southward through southern Baja California including Isla Tiburón (Sea of Cortés), on Pacific slope to northern Sinaloa (northwestern Mexico), and through central plateau of Mexico southward to Estado de México and far northern Tamaulipas
  • Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus brunneicapillus: northwestern Mexico (central Sonora to northern Sinaloa)
  • Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus seri: Isla Tiburón (Sea of Cortés)
  • Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus guttatus: southern and central Texas; central plateau of Mexico
  • Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus couesi: arid southwestern USA to northern Baja California (northwestern Mexico) and far northern Tamaulipas (northeastern Mexico)
  • Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus [affinis or purus]: central and southern Baja California
  • Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus sandiegensis: arid San Diego County (southern California) and adjacent northwestern Baja California
  • Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus bryanti: Pacific slope of western Baja California between 31° and 29°30'N
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English:
Cactus Wren
Catalan:
cargolet dels cactus
Czech:
střízlík kaktusový
Danish:
Kaktussmutte
German:
Kaktuszaunkönig
Spanish:
Cucarachero Desértico
Spanish (Spain):
Cucarachero Desértico
Finnish:
kaktuspeukaloinen
French:
Troglodyte des cactus
Croatian:
Kaktusov palčić
Hungarian:
kaktuszökörszem
Icelandic:
Kaktusrindill
Italian:
Scricciolo dei cactus
Japanese (romaji):
sabotenmisosazai
Japanese:
サボテンミソサザイ
Lithuanian:
Tamsiakrūtė kaktusinė karietaitė
Dutch:
Cactuswinterkoning
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Kaktussmett
Norwegian:
Kaktussmett
Polish:
strzyż kaktusowy
Portuguese:
Corruíra-dos-cactos
Portuguese (Portugal):
carriça-do-deserto
Russian:
Кактусовый крапивник
Slovak:
oriešok kaktusový
Serbian:
Kaktusov carić
Swedish:
kaktusgärdsmyg
Ukrainian:
Різжак кактусовий
Chinese:
棕曲嘴鹪鹩
Chinese (Traditional):
棕曲嘴鷦鷯


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (1886):
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American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 1st suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 2nd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 3rd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 4th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 5th suppl.):
Cactus Wren ( Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 6th suppl.):
Cactus Wren ( Heleodytes brunneicapillus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 7th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (1895):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 8th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 9th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 10th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 11th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 12th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 13th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 14th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 15th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (1910):
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American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 16th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 17th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 18th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (1931):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 19th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 20th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 21st suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 22nd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 23rd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 24th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 26th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 27th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 28th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 29th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 30th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 31st suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (1957):
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American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 32nd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 33rd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 34th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (1983):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 35th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 36th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 37th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 39th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 40th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 41st suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (1998):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 42nd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 43rd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 44th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 48th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 51st suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 52nd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 53rd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 56th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 57th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 58th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 59th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 60th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl. and addendum):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 62nd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 63rd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 64th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 65th suppl.):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 00:
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Birdlife checklist version 01:
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Birdlife checklist version 04:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
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Clements 1st edition:
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Catalan: cargolet dels cactus
Czech: Strízlík kaktusový, střízlík kaktusový, střízlík kaktusovýh
Danish: Kaktusgærdesmutte, Kaktussmutte
German: Kaktuszaunkönig, Kaktus-Zaunkönig
English: Cactus Wren, Cactus-Wren, Northern Cactus-Wren
English, HBW: Cactus Wren
English (IOC): Cactus Wren
English (United States): Cactus Wren
Esperanto: Kaktokampilorinko
Spanish: Cucarachero Desértico, Matraca del desierto, Matraca desértica, Ratona Desértica
Spanish (Spain): Cucarachero Desértico
Spanish (HBW): Cactus Wren
Spanish (Mexico): matraca del desierto, Matraca Desértica
Estonian: kaktusekäblik
Finnish: Kaktuspeukaloinen
French: Troglodyte des cactus
Croatian: Kaktusov palčić
Hungarian: kaktuszökörszem
Icelandic: Kaktusrindill
Italian: Scricciolo dei cactus
Japanese (romaji): sabotemmisosazai, sabotenmisosazai
Japanese: サボテンミソサザイ
Scientific: Camplylorhynchus brunneicapillus, Campylorhynchus brunneicapillum, Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus, Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus brunneicapillus, Heleodytes brunneicapillus, Picolaptes brunneicapillus
Lithuanian: Tamsiakrūtė kaktusinė karietaitė
Latvian: kaktusu ceplītis
Dutch: Cactuswinterkoning
Norwegian Nynorsk: Kaktussmett
Norwegian: Kaktussmett
Polish: strzyz kaktusowy, strzyż kaktusowy
Portuguese: Corruíra-dos-cactos
Portuguese (Portugal): carriça-do-deserto
Russian: Кактусовый крапивник, Обыкновенный кактусовый крапивник
Slovak: Oriešok kaktusový
Serbian: Kaktusov carić
Swedish: Kaktusgärdsmyg
Turkish: Kaktüs çıtkuşu
Ukrainian: Різжак кактусовий
Chinese: 棕曲嘴鹪鹩
Chinese (Traditional): 棕曲嘴鷦鷯

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