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Wrens11 Bird Species
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Bewick's WrenThis wren is easily recognized by its long tail, which it flips side to side. Also by its bold whitish supercilium, and by its loud scolding vocalizations. Upperparts are fairly plain, and range in color from warm reddish brown to dull gray-brown. The tail is proportionally longer than those of other more... Length: 13 cm Wingspan: 18 cm |
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Cactus WrenNearly double the size of other wrens, this species has a bulky build with a long broad tail and heavy bill. The upperparts are gray-brown with white streaks on the back and black and white barring on the wings and tail. The head shows a reddish brown crown and a bold white supercilium. The underpart more... Length: 18 cm Wingspan: 27 cm |
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Canyon WrenAdult has dark brick-red body, wings, and tail, finely barred throughout with black, with small white spots on wings and back, and white throat, gray crown and nape, and long, slightly drooping bill. Found in same habitats as Rock Wren, but note reddish plumage and distinctive voice. more... Length: 14 cm Wingspan: 19 cm |
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Carolina WrenA large, noisy, and familiar wren across Eastern and Southeastern North America. Adult is warm brown overall, with clean buffy underparts, white undertail coverts with black barring, rich reddish upperparts, fine black barring on wings and tail, white throat, clean white supercilium, and relatively l more... Length: 14 cm Wingspan: 19 cm |
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House WrenA common, familiar wren across most of North America. Adult is earthy brown overall with fine black bars on wings, tail, and undertail coverts. Throat is pale and unmarked, contrasting weakly with buffy-brown underparts. Pale buffy supercilium blends into darker auricular patch. Bill is relatively lo more... Length: 12 cm Wingspan: 15 cm |
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Marsh WrenSmall and sprightly, familiar in dense marshes across North America. Adult is rufous and brown overall, with reddish tones on rump and wings, black back with white streaks, pale buffy underparts, black-barred tail often held cocked up, dark crown, white supercilium, whitish throat, and rather long, s more... Length: 13 cm Wingspan: 15 cm |
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Pacific WrenSmall wren with a short cocked tail. Dark chocolate brown overall with a short paler brown supercillium. Thin dark bill. Barring on wings and lightly barred flanks and belly. Pinkish legs. Very similar to Winter Wren but has slightly darker plumage overall especially on the throat, a slightly less co more... Length: 10 cm Wingspan: 14 cm |
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Rock WrenAdult is gray and buffy overall, with gray wings finely spotted with white, buffy belly, white undertail coverts with black bars, thin gray streaks on breast, gray tail with fine dark bars and buffy tail corners, pale supercilium, dark gray face and crown, and relatively long, slender bill. Canyon Wr more... Length: 15 cm Wingspan: 23 cm |
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Sedge WrenA small, pale, sprightly wren of eastern marshes and grasslands. Adult has clean pale buffy underparts, finely barred wings and tail, orange rump, streaked back, whitish throat, pale supercilium, dark eyeline and crown, and grayish, slightly decurved bill. It is shorter-tailed and shorter-billed than more... Length: 11 cm Wingspan: 14 cm |
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Sinaloa WrenBrown head with bold white supercillium, whitish streaking or mottling on cheek, and white throat. Long bill. Brown back and brown wings with dark barring. Whitish breast and pale belly blended with brown flanks. White undertail coverts barred in black. Barred rufous-brown tail. Pinkish legs. Simil more... Length: 13 cm Wingspan: cm |
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Winter WrenA tiny, dark wren of interior forests. Adult is patterned buffy and chocolate-brown overall with fine dark barring on wings and tail, barred flanks, clean buffy breast, thin pale supercilium, and slender black bill. Very short tail is often cocked upright. Sexes are similar. more... Length: 10 cm Wingspan: 14 cm |
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Bewick's Wren
7 Photographs -
Cactus Wren
3 Photographs -
Canyon Wren
16 Photographs -
Carolina Wren
3 Photographs -
House Wren
8 Photographs -
Marsh Wren
2 Photographs -
Pacific Wren
1 Photograph -
Rock Wren
27 Photographs -
Sedge Wren
18 Photographs -
Sinaloa Wren
0 Photographs -
Winter Wren
12 Photographs
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Non-vegetated Areas |
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Canyon WrenCatherpes mexicanus |
Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Rimrocks and Mesas, Bare Rocky Slopes, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Rock WrenSalpinctes obsoletus |
Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Rimrocks and Mesas, Bare Rocky Slopes |
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Salt Water |
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Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris |
Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes |
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Human-altered Areas |
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Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets |
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Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Clearcuts, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Thickets |
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House WrenTroglodytes aedon |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Northern Wooded Swamps, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets |
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Fresh Water |
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Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Clearcuts, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Thickets |
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Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris |
Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes |
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Sedge WrenCistothorus platensis |
Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Grassland and Scrubland |
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Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets |
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Cactus WrenCampylorhynchus brunneicapillus |
Deserts and Sagebrush Plains |
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Canyon WrenCatherpes mexicanus |
Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Rimrocks and Mesas, Bare Rocky Slopes, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Clearcuts, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Thickets |
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House WrenTroglodytes aedon |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Northern Wooded Swamps, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets |
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Sedge WrenCistothorus platensis |
Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Forest and Woodlands |
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Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets |
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Canyon WrenCatherpes mexicanus |
Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Rimrocks and Mesas, Bare Rocky Slopes, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Clearcuts, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Thickets |
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House WrenTroglodytes aedon |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Northern Wooded Swamps, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets |
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Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis |
Boreal Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Thickets |
