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Location: Kelso Valley, Kern County, California, USA

Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus

[edit] Identification

L. 7-8 1/4 in (18-21 cm)

• Starling sized wren
• Spotted underparts
• White eyebrows
• Rusty crown
• White spots on outer tail feathers

[edit] Distribution

Resident from southern California, southern Nevada, Utah, and western Texas southward to Mexico.

[edit] Taxonomy

There are 7 subspecies.

[edit] Habitat

Arid and semi arid desert.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes ants, beetles, grasshoppers, wasps, seeds and fruits.

Both sexes build a football-shaped nest of dry grasses lined with feathers, with a small side entrance, placed in cactus plants. 4-5 buff, speckled brown, eggs are laid and are incubated by the female for 16 days. The male continues to build more nests for roosting and nesting sites. Both parents care for the young, who fledge in 19-23 days.

[edit] Vocalisation

Rapid, mechanical chug-chug-chug-chug-chug.

[edit] References

blueplanetbiomes

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