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ForestCavity nestTiny · 9 g
What the Pacific Wren sounds like
ID tip
Rufous brown above, richly colored below, barred with darker brown and dusky, even on wings and tail. The bill is dark brown, the legs pale brown. Young birds are less distinctly barred.
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When to see the Pacific Wren
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Pacific Wren
The map shades 2 countries with regular records, and 1 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 Mexico.
About the Pacific Wren
The Pacific wren is a very small North American bird and a member of the mainly New World wren family Troglodytidae. The species was formerly lumped together with either the winter wren of eastern North America alone, or also with the Eurasian wren of Eurasia, then under the merged name of northern wren with the scientific name T. troglodytes having priority.
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Easily confused with
Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalisSmall tail is often cocked above its back, and short neck gives the appearance of a small brown ball.
Mountain WrenTroglodytes solstitialisThe mountain wren is 10.5 to 11.5 cm (4.1 to 4.5 in) long and has a mean weight of 11.8 g (0.42 oz).
Ochraceous WrenTroglodytes ochraceusThe adult ochraceous wren is 9.5 to 10 cm (3.7 to 3.9 in) long and weighs 8 to 10 g (0.28 to 0.35 oz).
Side by side: Pacific Wren vs Winter Wren · Mountain Wren vs Pacific Wren · Ochraceous Wren vs Pacific Wren
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