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Carolina Wren

Thryothorus ludovicianusOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Wrens (Troglodytidae)

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General

Carolina Wren: Medium-sized wren with rufous upperparts and buff underparts. Eyebrows are vivid white. Throat is white and bill is long and decurved. Wings and tail are dark barred with white flecks. Sexes are similar.

Range and Habitat

Carolina Wren: Breeds from British Columbia, Montana, and western South Dakota southward.

Listen to Call

Voice Text

"peup- peup-peup-tew-tew-tew-tew-tew-mew", "jeet"

Interesting Facts

 The Carollina Wren uses the skin of snakes, hair, feathers and many other materials to build their dome-shaped nests.

 They are known to build multiple nests to confuse predators.

 It is the state bird of South Carolina.

 A group of wrens has many collective nouns, including a "chime", "flight", "flock", and "herd" of wrens.



Author

Gary Owen Dick

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Family Wren (Troglodytidae)_blue
Species Thryothorus ludovicianus
Length5.75 Inches
Wingspan7.5 Inches

Carolina Wren

Carolina Wren: Medium-sized wren with rufous upperparts and buff underparts. Eyebrows are white, wings and tail are dark barred with white flecks. Throat and chin are white. Bill is decurved. Legs and feet are pink-gray. Range expands north when winters are mild and retracts south when harsh.

● Song: "peup- peup-peup-tew-tew-tew-tew-tew-mew", "jeet"

● Foraging & Feeding: Carolina Wren: Eats mainly spiders and insects; forages on or near the ground.

● Breeding & nesting: Carolina Wren: Four to eight white or light pink eggs, marked with brown, are laid in a shallow cup of sticks, leaves, mosses, and finer materials built in a crevice among rocks or, occasionally, on a building. Incubation ranges from 12 to 14 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Carolina Wren: Bewick's Wren has white underparts, long rounded tail tipped with white, and different song.

Flight Pattern

Weak and fluttering direct flight, often of short duration, on shallowly beating wings.
Carolina Wren Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Carolina Wren: Breeds from British Columbia, Montana, and western South Dakota southward.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
Population
MigrationNonmigratory
Weight0.7 Ounces