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What the Eurasian Wren sounds like
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The Eurasian wren is a plump, sturdy bird with rounded wings and a short tail, which is usually held cocked up. It is 9 to 10 cm (3.5 to 3.9 in) in length and has a wingspan of 13–17 cm (5.1–6.7 in). It weighs around 10 g (0.35 oz). It is rufous brown above, greyer beneath, and indistinctly barred with darker brown and grey, even on the wings and tail. The bill is dark brown and the legs are pale brown, the feet having strong claws and a large hind toe. Young birds are less distinctly barred and have mottled underparts.
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When to see the Eurasian Wren
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Eurasian Wren
The map shades 79 countries with regular records, and 4 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Canada, St. Pierre & Miquelon, North Korea, Malta.
About the Eurasian Wren
The Eurasian wren is a very small insectivorous bird and the only member of the wren family found in the Old World, specifically in Eurasia and Africa (Maghreb). In Anglophone Europe, it is commonly known simply as the wren. It has a very short tail which is often held erect, a short neck and a relatively long thin bill. It is russet brown above, paler buff-brown below, overall finely barred darker, and has a cream buff supercilium. The sexes are alike.
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Easily confused with
Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedonAdult northern house wrens are about 11 to 13 cm (4.3 to 5.1 in) long, with a 15 cm (5.9 in) wingspan and weigh about 10 to 12 g (0.35 to 0.42 oz).
Southern House WrenTroglodytes musculusThe southern house wren is a very small passerine bird in the wren family Troglodytidae.
Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalisSmall tail is often cocked above its back, and short neck gives the appearance of a small brown ball.
Side by side: Carolina Wren vs Eurasian Wren · Eurasian Wren vs Northern House Wren · Bewick's Wren vs Eurasian Wren · Eurasian Wren vs Winter Wren
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