I have seen one wrentit, on May 2, 2022 at Big Morongo Canyon Preserve in Morongo Valley, California. Three identifiers have confirmed my very blurry photos on iNaturalist, including the number 1 and number 2 identifier for wrentits on iNaturalist.
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| Illustration from Birds of the World. |
The wrentit has been a difficult bird to classify, as indicated by its name. It is not a wren and it is not a tit and currently it is classified as a parrotbill (the only parrotbill in North America), but it has been classified in at least two or three other families. It has dull olive, brown or grayish plumage, short wings, a long tail, a short bill and a pale iris. Birds of the World says it "has been described as the most sedentary species in North America, with an average" dispersion from where it was born to where it later lives of 400 meters. Pairs will remain in the same vicinity for up to 12 years. They form monogamous pairs for lifetime.
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| It is only found in a narrow strip of coastal habitat from Oregon, south through California to the Baja California peninsula. |
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