Cactus wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus

Identification Tips:

• Length: 6.5 inches
• Long, slightly decurved bill
• Bold white supercilium contrasting with dark crown and eyeline
• White throat
• Upper breast densely spotted with black
• Underparts white becoming buffy toward tail and spotted
• Upperparts grayish-brown with black and white streaks and spots
• Long tail barred with black and white
• Dark legs
• Sexes similar

Similar species:

Thrashers are somewhat similar but are larger and lack the white supercilium and dense spotting on the breast.

Length and wingspan from: Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc.