Distribution

Year-Round Range

Localized resident in western North America, extending north to south-central British Columbia in the Okanagan Valley (43 Davidson, P. J. A., R. J. Cannings, A. R. Couturier, D. Lepage, and C. M. Di Corrado (Editors) (2015). The Atlas of the Breeding Birds of British Columbia, 2008–2012. Bird Studies Canada, Delta, BC, Canada. Close ), western and southern Idaho (44 Stephens, D. A., and S. H. Sturts (1991). Idaho Bird Distribution. Idaho State University, Idaho Museum of Natural History, Pocatello, ID, USA. Close ), and northwestern and southern Montana (45 Marks, J. S., P. Hendricks, and D. Casey (2016). Birds of Montana. Buteo Books, Arrington, Virginia, USA. Close ); extends east to east-central Wyoming (46 Oakleaf, B., D. Luce, S. Ritter, and A. Cerovski (1992). Wyoming Bird and Mammal Atlas. Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Laramie, WY, USA. Close ) and the Black Hills of southwestern South Dakota (47 South Dakota Ornithologists' Union (1991). The Birds of South Dakota, 2nd edition. South Dakota Ornithologists' Union, Aberdeen, SD, USA. Close ) and northeastern Wyoming (46 Oakleaf, B., D. Luce, S. Ritter, and A. Cerovski (1992). Wyoming Bird and Mammal Atlas. Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Laramie, WY, USA. Close ), central and southeastern Colorado (48 Wickersham, L. E. (Editor) (2016). The Second Colorado Breeding Bird Atlas. Colorado Bird Atlas Partnership and Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Denver, CO, USA. Close ), Cimarron County and southwestern Oklahoma (49 Baumgartner, E. M., and A. M. Baumgartner (1992). Oklahoma Bird Life. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK, USA. Close , 50 Reinking, D. L. (2004). Oklahoma Breeding Bird Atlas. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK, USA. Close ), and the Edwards Plateau of west-central Texas (51 Lockwood, M. W., and B. Freeman (2014). The Texas Ornithological Society Handbook of Texas Birds. Louise Lindsey Merrick Natural Environment Series, volume 47. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX, USA. Close ); extends south through the mountains and adjacent slopes of interior Mexico from Sonora and Nuevo León south to Oaxaca, with disjunct population in Chiapas (52 Rowley, J. S. (1966). Breeding records of birds of the Sierra Madre del Sur, Oaxaca, Mexico. Proceedings of the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology 1(3):107–204. Close , 53 Binford, L. C. (1989). A Distributional Survey of the Birds of the Mexican State of Oaxaca. Ornithological Monographs 43. American Ornithologists’ Union. Washington, DC, USA. Close , 9 Howell, S. N. G., and S. Webb (1995). A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America. Oxford University Press, New York, NY, USA. Close ); in Veracruz and Chiapas, it extends into humid lowland areas (54 Gómez de Silva, H. (1995). Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus in humid lowlands of Mexico, with notes on near sympatry with other rock-loving wrens. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 115(2):132–133. Close ).

Resident west to eastern slope of the Cascade Range in Oregon and Washington (rare and sporadic in summer in Rogue Valley, southwestern Oregon) (55 Marshall, D. B., M. G. Hunter, and A. L. Contreras (Editors) (2003). Birds of Oregon: A General Reference. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, OR, USA. Close ). Northern California from Oregon border south through the Klamath Mountain region of Del Norte, Humboldt, Siskiyou, and Trinity counties, from southeastern Mendecino and Lake counties south to Sonoma, Napa, and Yolo counties, disjunctly in Central Valley in Sutter County (56 Small, A. (1994). California Birds: Their Status and Distribution. Ibis Publishing Company, Vista, CA, USA. Close ), and from San Francisco County south through the mountains of southern California (57 Grinnell, J., and A. H. Miller (1944). The distribution of birds of California. Pacific Coast Avifauna 27:1–608. Close , 56 Small, A. (1994). California Birds: Their Status and Distribution. Ibis Publishing Company, Vista, CA, USA. Close ) through Baja California (9 Howell, S. N. G., and S. Webb (1995). A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America. Oxford University Press, New York, NY, USA. Close ). Generally absent from the Pacific Coast north of Monterey County and lower elevations of eastern and southeastern deserts in California (56 Small, A. (1994). California Birds: Their Status and Distribution. Ibis Publishing Company, Vista, CA, USA. Close ).

Occurs on offshore islands of San Ildelfonso and Espiritu Santo, Isla Tiburon (off Sonora), Mexico, and Santa Cruz Island (off southern California) and Los Coronados Island (off Baja California).

During winter, distribution generally similar to breeding season. Resident, although individuals may make short seasonal movements (see Migration).

Extralimital Records

Few. No reports east of the Missouri River in the United States or north of Kamloops (Lac Du Bois Grasslands Protected Area) and Lillooet, British Columbia, Canada. In Mexico, reported as far south as Cañon del Sumidero and Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas. No records from Guatemala (9 Howell, S. N. G., and S. Webb (1995). A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America. Oxford University Press, New York, NY, USA. Close , eBird 2023).

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