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House Wren

Troglodytes aedonOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Wrens (Troglodytidae)
House Wren Breeding Male (western parkmanii) Head Illustration

Head

  • Bill Shape: All-purpose
  • Eye Color: Brown.
  • Head Pattern: No Data
  • Crown Color: Gray-brown
  • Forehead Color: Gray-brown
  • Nape Color: Gray-brown
  • Throat Color: White
  • Cere color: No Data
House Wren Breeding Male (western parkmanii) Body Illustration

Body

  • Length Range: 10-13 cm (4-5 in)
  • Weight: 11 g (0.4 oz)
  • Size: Size 1. Very Small (3 - 5 in)
  • Color: Brown, Black, Gray
  • Underparts: Pale Gray
  • Upperparts: Brown
  • Back Pattern: Barred or banded
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: Solid
House Wren Breeding Male (western parkmanii) Flight Illustration

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Weak fluttering direct flight with rapid shallow wing beats.
  • Wingspan Range: 15-18 cm (6-7 in)
  • Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Rounded Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Barred
  • Upper Tail: Brown with narrow black barring.
  • Under Tail: Brown with narrow black barring.
  • Leg Color: Brown
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Family Wren (Troglodytidae)_blue
Species Troglodytes aedon
Length4 - 5 Inches
Wingspan6.5 Inches

House Wren

House Wren: Small wren (western parkmanii), with brown head, nape, and back showing very fine dark brown bars, faint white eyebrows, and gray-brown underparts with fine brown bars on flanks and below tail. Wings and tail are brown with darker bars. Bill is thin and slightly decurved.

● Song: "cheh-cheh"

● Foraging & Feeding: House Wren: Eats insects such as grasshoppers, beetles, crickets, true bugs, and caterpillars; also feeds on spiders, millipedes, and snails; forages by gleaning insects from leaves and shrubs.

● Breeding & nesting: House Wren: Five to nine white eggs with brown flecks are laid in a nest made of sticks and grass, lined with feathers and soft materials, and built in a tree cavity, crevice, or nest box. Incubation ranges from 13 to 15 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: House Wren: Winter Wren is smaller and darker, with shorter tail, stronger bars on belly and flanks, and a more distinct eyestripe. Carolina and Bewick's wrens have paler bellies and distinct white eyestripes.

Flight Pattern

Weak fluttering direct flight with rapid shallow wing beats.
House Wren Breeding Male (western parkmanii) Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: House Wren: Breeds from southern Canada southward to central California, central New Mexico, northern Arkansas, and northern Georgia. Other forms are found from Mexico southward throughout South America and the West Indies. Spends winters in the southern U.S. and Mexico, from California, Texas, and central Arkansas, to southern Maryland and southward to the Gulf coast and throughout Florida. Preferred habitats include open woodlands, forest edges, forest openings, shrubby areas, farmlands, orchards, residential areas, and suburban parks.
BreedingMonogamous, Polygamous
Population
MigrationMost migrate
Weight0.4 Ounces