Canyon Wren (Catherpes mexicanus) | Details

Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2021	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	12 g

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	6,150,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	1000000 mature individuals	poor	inferred	2019
Population trend	stable	-	inferred	-
Generation length	1.88 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population is inferred to number 1,000,000 mature individuals (Partners in Flight 2019).

Trend justification: The population is overall stable (Partners in Flight 2019; see also Pardieck et al. 2018).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident
Canada	extant	native	yes
Mexico	extant	native	yes
USA	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		major	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 3000 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/canyon-wren-catherpes-mexicanus on 22/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/12/2024.