Burung kicau (Songbirds)
Cactus Wren
Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
- epik
- 72 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Builds football-sized nests inside cholla spines. Delivers messages from inside the meanest plants you can find.
- Populasi
- Roughly 7-8.5 million individuals; population declined an estimated ~55% between 1966 and 2015 but remains abundant and stable overall
- Habitat
- Arid desert scrub, chaparral, and dry thornscrub, especially areas with cholla and prickly-pear cactus and mesquite for nesting; also adapted to urban/suburban desert parks and yards
- Fakta menarik
- The Cactus Wren is a true desert xerophile — it can survive without any free drinking water, extracting all the moisture it needs from its insect and fruit diet even in peak summer heat.
- Sebaran
- Southwestern United States (California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas) south through northern and central Mexico (Sonora, Sinaloa, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Hidalgo, Baja California); non-migratory, permanent resident throughout
- Makanan
- Primarily insects and other arthropods (beetles, ants, grasshoppers, spiders), supplemented with fruits, seeds, nectar, and occasionally small lizards; eats more plant material than most wrens (up to ~20% of diet); largely non-migratory and forages mostly on the ground and in low vegetation
- Ukuran
- 0,2 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,28 m
- Masa hidup
- 5 tahun
