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*Brown-throated Wren: mainly a [[Mexico|Mexican]] grouping, but also found in southern [[Arizona]].  
 
*Brown-throated Wren: mainly a [[Mexico|Mexican]] grouping, but also found in southern [[Arizona]].  
 
*Southern House Wren: much of [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]].
 
*Southern House Wren: much of [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]].
*Antillean House Wren: several islands in the [[Lesser Antilles]].  
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*Antillean House Wren: several islands in the [[Lesser Antilles]].
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*Cobb's Wren: several rat and cat free islands of the [[Falkland Islands]].
  
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==

Revision as of 17:33, 7 December 2008

Photo by Muskrat
Location: Northeastern Pennsylvania, USA
Photo by Alan Henry
Cobb's Wren of the Falkand Islands
Troglodytes aedon

Includes Cobb's Wren

Identification

4 1/2 -5 1/4" (11-13 cm).

  • Tiny bird
  • Short tail, often held cocked over the back
  • Dusky brown above
  • Paler below, with no distinctive markings

Distribution

As discussed below, there are four main groups within house wren, which may become full species.

Taxonomy

Clements1 accepts 32 subspecies of House Wren. There has been several rumblings about splitting this species into several species, with the approximate divisions given in the secion of "Distribution" above. The taxonomic status of House Wren have been discussed elsewhere in Birdforum2 and there are indications that the northern group may need to be split into an eastern and western form.

One split that seemed to have been accepted was Cobb's Wren of the Falkland Islands. However, with the new Clements update this Wren has been lumped again into this species.

Habitat

Residential areas, city parks, farmlands, and woodland edges.

Behaviour

Breeding

The nest is cup shaped, made of sticks, grass and lined with feathers. 5-8 white, brown-speckled eggs are laid.

Song

A gurgling, bubbling, exuberant song, first rising, then falling

Call

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
  1. Second half of this thread was mostly about House Wren taxonomy

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