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WoodlandDomed nestTiny · 13 g
What the Happy Wren sounds like
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There is little difference between the sexes as adults. They are fairly typical small wrens, with a black and white striped face, a downward curving bill, chestnut upperparts and cream underparts. Howell and Webb give its length as 12.5 – 14 cm. Voice: Like many wrens, happy wrens produce a complex song, described as a "rollicking, gurgling whistle." Songs are less varied among island populations. Pairs of happy wrens primarily use their duet songs for cooperative territory defense.
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When to see the Happy Wren
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Happy Wren
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Happy Wren
The happy wren is a species of bird in the family Troglodytidae. It is endemic to the Pacific slope of western Mexico, from the state of Sonora to the state of Oaxaca, and also on islands west of the Mexican coast. As with other species of Pheugopedius, older sources classify it within genus Thryothorus. Some authorities have treated it as a subspecies of P. rutilus or P. sclateri.
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Easily confused with
Moustached WrenPheugopedius genibarbisThe moustached wren is 15.5 cm (6.1 in) long and weighs 16.2 to 22.8 g (0.57 to 0.80 oz).
Black-bellied WrenPheugopedius fasciatoventrisMale black-bellied wrens weigh 23.5 to 34.5 g (0.83 to 1.22 oz) and females 19.5 to 28.5 g (0.69 to 1.01 oz).
Coraya WrenPheugopedius corayaIt is a medium-sized wren, rufous-(chestnut)-brown overall with a medium length black-and-white banded tail.
Side by side: Happy Wren vs Rufous-breasted Wren · Happy Wren vs Whiskered Wren · Black-bellied Wren vs Happy Wren · Happy Wren vs Moustached Wren · Coraya Wren vs Happy Wren
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