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title: "Amerikaanse rotswinterkoning"
description: "Salpinctes obsoletus — Vogels. The rock wren (Salpinctes obsoletus) is a small songbird of the wren family native to the rocky areas of western North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/rock-wren
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Amerikaanse rotswinterkoning

> Salpinctes obsoletus — Vogels. The rock wren (Salpinctes obsoletus) is a small songbird of the wren family native to the rocky areas of western North America.

- Scientific name: *Salpinctes obsoletus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 20575
- Wikidata: [Q935880](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q935880)
- iNaturalist taxon: [7486](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7486)

## Names

- en: Rock Wren
- de: Felsenzaunkönig
- es: Saltapared de Rocas
- fr: Troglodyte des rochers
- nl: Amerikaanse rotswinterkoning
- pt: Salpinctes
- pl: Skalik złotorzytny

## Countries with the most observations

US (16274), MX (2297), CA (647), HN (12), SV (9), GT (5), NI (4)

## Summary

The rock wren (Salpinctes obsoletus) is a small songbird of the wren family native to the rocky areas of western North America. There are 8 subspecies of the rock wren, one of which is extinct. They are similar in size to other wrens, with a grey-brown coat, a brown rump, and a speckled white throat. 
They are visually similar to the canyon wren, which they share a habitat with. They are noted for their variable song and song pattern, used for territory defense, as well as their habit of building "pavements" with flat rocks around their nest to help nestlings stay dry. Rock wrens are serially monogamous, forming pairs…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_wren

## Photo

![Amerikaanse rotswinterkoning](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/rock-wren/medium.jpg)

Photo: Owen McElroy · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/57961284

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/rock-wren?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).