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For a change of pace, how many wrens have you seen? (1 Viewer)

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csanchez7

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Just for a change of pace from all the white-eyes, starlings, and other Old World-centric families, how about a list for wrens? Between them and the thrushes, perhaps the most beautiful songsters in the neotropics and a characteristic component of the dawn chorus across the Americas:

Band-backed Wren
Rufous-naped Wren
Cactus Wren
Stripe-backed Wren
Fasciated Wren
Thrush-like Wren
Rock Wren
Canyon Wren
Rufous Wren
Sharpe's Wren
Plain-tailed Wren
Whiskered Wren
Rufous-breasted Wren
Speckle-breasted Wren
Black-throated Wren
Rufous-and-white Wren
Stripe-breasted Wren
Plain Wren
Bay Wren
Superciliated Wren
Carolina Wren
Bewick's Wren
House Wren
Ochraceous Wren
Mountain Wren
Winter Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
White-breasted Wood-Wren
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren
Nightingale Wren
Song Wren
Musician Wren

Total: 33

Carlos
 
Nice idea, Carlos! Here are my 37:

White-headed Wren
Band-backed Wren
Rufous-naped Wren
Cactus Wren
Fasciated Wren
Thrush-like Wren
Rock Wren
Canyon Wren
Black-bellied Wren
Inca Wren
Moustached Wren
Rufous-breasted Wren
Spot-breasted Wren
Black-throated Wren
Rufous-and-white Wren
Stripe-breasted Wren
Plain Wren
Riverside Wren
Bay Wren
Buff-breasted Wren
Long-billed Wren
Carolina Wren
Bewick's Wren
House Wren
Ochraceous Wren
Mountain Wren
Eurasian Wren
Pacific Wren
Winter Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Timberline Wren
White-breasted Wood-Wren
Grey-breasted Wood-Wren
Nightingale Wren
Southern Nightingale-Wren
Song Wren
 
18 for me, as you can see England is only blessed with one species. Also I have heard Bay Wren singing but not seen :( in Costa Rica.

Band-backed Wren Alajuela Costa Rica
Bewick's Wren Arizona U.S.A.
Black-throated Wren Puntarenas Costa Rica
Cactus Wren Arizona U.S.A.
Canyon Wren Arizona U.S.A.
Carolina Wren Florida U.S.A.
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren Puntarenas Costa Rica
House Wren Florida U.S.A.
Marsh Wren Florida U.S.A.
Ochraceous Wren Puntarenas Costa Rica
Plain Wren Puntarenas Costa Rica
Riverside Wren Puntarenas Costa Rica
Rock Wren Arizona U.S.A.
Rufous-and-white Wren Puntarenas Costa Rica
Rufous-breasted Wren Puntarenas Costa Rica
Rufous-naped Wren Puntarenas Costa Rica
White-breasted Wood-Wren Alajuela Costa Rica
Winter Wren Gloucestershire England
 
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I have seen 23 of the wrens. The last in the list was the most notable for me. The Musician Wren song was awesome! To my ear, one of the most beautiful of the bird songs!

Cactus Wren
Rufous-naped Wren
Fasciated Wren
Rock Wren
Canyon Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Bewick's Wren
Black-throated Wren
Speckle-breasted Wren
Banded Wren
Carolina Wren
Rufous-and-white Wren
Plain Wren
Superciliated Wren
Winter Wren (eurasian)
Winter Wren (eastern USA)
Pacific Wren (western USA)
House Wren
House Wren (southern), Costa Rica
White-breasted Wood-Wren
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren
Musician Wren

I have added the wrens to the "list locator".
 
Well done Carlos. Here's my pitiful list of Wrens :-C

Cactus Wren - CA
Bi-cloured Wren - Venezuela
Rufous-naped Wren - Costa Rica
Band-backed Wren - Costa Rica
Rock Wren - BC > CA
Canyon Wren - CA
Sedge Wren - E Canada, FL.
Marsh Wren - Nearctic
Bewick's Wren - BC > CA
Black-bellied Wren - Costa Rica
Moustached Wren - Venezuela
Rufous-breasted Wren - Costa Rica, Venezuela, Trinidad
Bay Wren - Costa Rica
Banded Wren - Costa Rica
Pacific Wren - BC > CA
Winter Wren - E Nth America
Eurasian Wren - Palearctic
House Wren - Canada > Venezuela, Trinidad
Cobb's Wren - Falkland Is
Mountain Wren - Costa Rica, Venezuela
Timberline Wren - Costa Rica
White-breasted Wood Wren - Costa Rica, Venezuela
Grey-breasted Wood Wren - Costa Rica, Venezuela
Nthn. Nightingale Wren - Costa Rica
Flutist Wren - Venezuela
Musician Wren - Costa Rica, Venezuela

As far as I'm concerned ALL Wrens are superb singers. Especially the smaller species - how the hell does that much sound come out of such a small body?

Chris
 
10 species, only missing Sedge Wren as far as regularly occurring ABA wrens

Cactus Wren
Canyon Wren
Marsh Wren
Rock Wren
Bewick's Wren
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Winter Wren
Pacific Wren
Eurasian Wren (Both East Asian and European forms)
 
Almost the same for me with 9

Cactus Wren
Rock Wren
Canyon Wren
Marsh Wren
Bewick's Wren
Eurasian Wren
Winter Wren
Pacific Wren
House Wren
 
Wrens are one of my favourite families - esp the Thryothorus genus. I love the variations on a theme of chesnut, brown, black and white. They are honorary antbirds in my eyes, and that is the biggest compliment I can give them!

So far, 68 for me. Latest additions were Bar-winged Wood-Wren and Superciliated in NW Peru. Highlights include Musician Wren (what a voice!), Scaly-breasted (ditto) and Nicefero's.

But that still leaves a few nice ones to see - Nava's and Sumichrast's are two I would love to get under the belt.
 
birdermoose said:
Just the one that's found in England
Winter wren (But what a bird!)
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It's Eurasian Wren now that it's been split from the Nth. American birds ( looking at the genetics there is a possibility that it could be split again, with the birds in the Caucasus being chopped off!!! ).

Chris
 
The Birds in East Asia and I think the Himalayan region are also a possible split, although my guess is still some time off
 
Just these:
Cactus Wren
Canyon Wren
Marsh Wren
Sedge Wren
Rock Wren
Bewick's Wren
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Winter Wren
Eurasian Wren (in Europe)
 
22 seen (or 23 if you split Marsh Wren) and one heard (Southern Nightingale-Wren). The most localised one is Páramo Wren. Only need Pacific Wren in North America.
Three forms in Asia await splitting action... (the birds in Sichuan sound quite different).
 
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House Wren
European Wren
Bewick's Wren
Marsh Wren

Hoping to find Canyon/Rock Wrens while staying here. Both may well be on my doorstep but I can't find any bird information on Agoura Hills/Thousand Oaks at all. If this area is considered chapparal then there must be a few of each around somewhere....
 
Where are you specifically?

when I lived in San Diego Rock and Canyon wrens were both local. They were common but only at a very few specific spots, and not expected at others.
 
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