Southern house wren
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The southern house wren is a very small passerine bird in the wren family Troglodytidae. It is found from southern Mexico to southern Chile and southern Argentina. The name troglodytes means "hole dwe
Southern house wren Santiago
Northern house wren
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The northern house wren is a very small passerine in the wren family Troglodytidae. It is found in southern Canada, the USA and Mexico. It occurs in most suburban areas in its range. It formerly inclu
Southern house wren
…reference to the bird's tendency to disappear into crevices when hunting insects or to seek shelter. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the northern house wren (Troglodytes aedon). The southern house wren was formally described in 1823 by the German naturalist Johann Andreas Naumann under the binomial name…
House wren in Prospect Park
T. a. parkmanii, Bandelier National Monument (New Mexico, USA)
Individual with missing tail feathers, (East Hartford, Connecticut, USA)
Audubon's illustration of nesting house wrens