Wren
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- This article is about the bird. For other uses of the word wren, see Wren (disambiguation).
The true wrens are members of a mainly New World passerine bird family Troglodytidae containing 79 species.
A troglodyte means a cave-dweller, and wrens get their scientific name from the tendency of some species to forage in dark crevices. They are mainly small and inconspicuous except for their loud songs. These birds have short wings and a thin down-turned bill. Several species often hold their tails upright. All are insectivorous.
Only one species, Troglodytes troglodytes, known as the Winter Wren in North America, occurs in the Old World, where it is commonly known simply as the Wren.
The 27 Australasian "wren" species are unrelated and are in the family Maluridae.
Species list
- Black-capped Donacobius Donacobius atricapillus
- Band-backed Wren Campylorhynchus zonatus
- Bicolored Wren Campylorhynchus griseus
- Boucard's Wren Campylorhynchus jocosus
- Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
- Fasciated Wren Campylorhynchus fasciatus
- Giant Wren Campylorhynchus chiapensis
- Gray-barred Wren Campylorhynchus megalopterus
- Rufous-naped Wren Campylorhynchus rufinucha
- Spotted Wren Campylorhynchus gularis
- Stripe-backed Wren Campylorhynchus nuchalis
- Thrush-like Wren Campylorhynchus turdinus
- White-headed Wren Campylorhynchus albobrunneus
- Yucatan Wren Campylorhynchus yucatanicus
- Gray-mantled Wren Odontorchilus branickii
- Tooth-billed Wren Odontorchilus cinereus
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus
- Nava's Wren Hylorchilus navai
- Slender-billed Wren Hylorchilus sumichrasti
- Fulvous Wren Cinnycerthia fulva
- Peruvian Wren Cinnycerthia peruana
- Rufous Wren Cinnycerthia unirufa
- Sharpe's Wren Cinnycerthia olivascens
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Zapata Wren Ferminia cerverai
- Clarion Island Wren Troglodytes tanneri
- Cobb's Wren Troglodytes cobbi
- House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Socorro Wren Trodlodytes sissonii
- Mountain Wren Troglodytes solstitialis
- Ochraceous Wren Troglodytes ochraceus
- Rufous-browed Wren Troglodytes rufociliatus
- Santa Marta Wren Troglodytes monticola
- Tepui Wren Troglodytes rufulus
- Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Apolinar's Wren Cistothorus apolinari
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Paramo Wren Cistothorus meridae
- Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis
- White-bellied Wren Uropsila leucogastra
- Timberline Wren Thryorchilus browni
- Fawn-breasted Wren Thryothorus guarayanus
- Gray Wren Thryothorus griseus
- Happy Wren Thryothorus felix
- Inca Wren Thryothorus eisenmanni
- Long-billed Wren Thryothorus longirostris
- Moustached Wren Thryothorus genibarbis
- Niceforo's Wren Thryothorus nicefori
- Plain Wren Thryothorus modestus
- Plain-tailed Wren Thryothorus euophrys
- Riverside Wren Thryothorus semibadius
- Rufous-and-white Wren Thryothorus rufalbus
- Rufous-breasted Wren Thryothorus rutilus
- Sinaloa Wren Thryothorus sinaloa
- Sooty-headed Wren Thryothorus spadix
- Speckle-breasted Wren Thryothorus sclateri
- Spot-breasted Wren Thryothorus maculipectus
- Stripe-breasted Wren Thryothorus thoracicus
- Stripe-throated Wren Thryothorus leucopogon
- Superciliated Wren Thryothorus superciliaris
- Whiskered Wren Thryothorus mystacalis
- Banded Wren Thryothorus pleurostictus
- Bay Wren Thryothorus nigricapillus
- Black-bellied Wren Thryothorus fasciatoventris
- Black-throated Wren Thryothorus atrogularis
- Buff-breasted Wren Thryothorus leucotis
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Coraya Wren Thryothorus coraya
- Bar-winged Wood Wren Henicorhina leucoptera
- Gray-breasted Wood Wren Henicorhina leucophrys
- White-breasted Wood Wren Henicorhina leucosticta
- Munchique Wood-wren, Henicorhina negreti
- Flutist Wren Microcerculus ustulatus
- Nightingale Wren Microcerculus philomela
- Scaly-breasted Wren Microcerculus marginatus
- Wing-banded Wren Microcerculus bambla
- Chestnut-breasted Wren Cyphorhinus thoracicus
- Musician Wren Cyphorhinus aradus
- Song Wren Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus
External links
- [Wren videos] on the Internet Bird Collection
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