Sinaloa Wren (Thryothorus sinaloa), de Anza Trail, Tubac, Santa Cruz County

This Sinaloa Wren was photographed by Bill Lisowsky on 16 January 2015

This is a presumed returning bird, absent between May of 2014 and 12 September 2014, when found again by Dave Stejskal. This species is essentially a west Mexican endemic. It is regular in central Sonora and is reported to be expanding its range northward so that it now can be found within 30 miles of the US border.

Separated from similar species by the large bill, black and white streaking at the rear of the auriculars and plain grayish breast. 

16 January 5015, photo by Bill Lisowsky

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