The Cactus Wren has a white stripe over the eye and a spotted chest. It uses cacti and thorny shrubs in dry country and builds a rounded grass nest among them. Its range extends from the southwestern United States into central Mexico.
It has a long, slightly down-curved bill and a white stripe over the eye. The gray-brown back is streaked black and white, the chest is densely spotted, and the wings and tail have white bars.
Pairs hold territories and both sexes help build a large, rounded nest from dry grasses. They place it high in cacti such as cholla or in thorny shrubs and trees.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.