Birds of Mexico

    PASSERIFORMES: Troglodytidae (Wrens)  
Genus: Cistothorus (3 species, 5 worldwide)


Marsh Wren
Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris)
Port Richey, Florida, USA  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Grass Wren
Grass Wren (Cistothorus platensis aequatorialis)
Nevado del Ruiz, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

The Grass Wren was split from the North American Sedge Wren. More splits are probably coming.

Sedge Wren
Sedge Wren (Cistothorus stellaris)
Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States  
   
Photograph by Kelly Colgan Azar     Copyright and usage info

The Sedge Wren now just includes birds in North America and northeast Mexico. The Grass Wren includes tropical species, and will probably be split further.


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