Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Troglodytidae (Wrens)  
Genus: Troglodytes (12 species)


House Wren
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon audax)
Range: NA, MA, SA: widespread
Mejía, Peru
  Common around farms, but also seen in many habitat types away from people.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

House Wren
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon cahooni)
Range: NA, MA, SA: widespread
Loberas, Durango, Mexico
  The Brown-throated Wren is a subspecies of House Wren found in Mexico.
   
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.

In tropical America the House Wren is widespread and common, even inside cities.

Cobb's Wren
Cobb's Wren (Troglodytes cobbi)
Range: SA: Falkland Is.
Carcass Island, Falkland Islands  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.


Winter Wren
Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis)
Range: NA: British Columbia to e Canada s to Georgia
Cleveland Lakefront Nature Preserve, Ohio  
   
Photograph by Laura Gooch     Copyright and usage info


Santa Marta Wren
Santa Marta Wren (Troglodytes monticola) Critically Endangered
Range: SA: n Colombia
Lagunas de Sevilla, Santa Marta Sierra Nevada, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Rob Felix   © All Rights Reserved.

Similar to the Mountain Wren, but found at over 3000m. Requires a multi-day hike to the Santa Marta paramo to see.

Ochraceous Wren
Ochraceous Wren (Troglodytes ochraceus ochraceus)
Range: MA: Costa Rica and Panama
Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.


Pacific Wren
Pacific Wren (Troglodytes pacificus)
Range: NA: Alaska s to nw US
Yosemite, Mariposa, California,  
   
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.


Rufous-browed Wren
Rufous-browed Wren (Troglodytes rufociliatus rehni)
Range: MA: s Mexico to Nicaragua
San Juancito, Francisco Morazan, Honduras  
   
Photograph by Alan Harper     Copyright and usage info


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Tepui Wren (Troglodytes rufulus)
Range: SA: e, s Venezuela, w Guyana and n Brazil
   



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Socorro Wren (Troglodytes sissonii) Near Threatened
Range: MA: Socorro I.
   


Found only on the island of Socorro.

Mountain Wren
Mountain Wren (Troglodytes solstitialis solitarius)
Range: SA: Colombia to n Argentina
Rio Blanco Ecological Reserve, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Note strong white/buff brow compared to similar House Wren Note Andean cloudforest habitat, usually over 2000m.

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Clarion Wren (Troglodytes tanneri) Vulnerable
Range: MA: Isla Clarión
   


Found on Isla Clarion far west of Mexico.

Eurasian Wren
Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Range: PAL: widespread
Loch of Kinnordy, Angus, Scotland  
 
Photograph by Rainbirder (Steve Garvie)     Copyright and usage info



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