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ForestCavity nestTiny · 9 g
What the Winter Wren sounds like
ID tip
Small tail is often cocked above its back, and short neck gives the appearance of a small brown ball. Rufous brown above, grayer below, barred with darker brown and gray, even on wings and tail. The bill is dark brown, and the legs are pale brown. Young birds are less distinctly barred. Most are identifiable by the pale "eyebrows" over their eyes. Measurements: Length: 8–12 cm (3.1–4.7 in) Weight: 8–12 g (0.28–0.42 oz) Wingspan: 12–16 cm (4.7–6.3 in)
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When to see the Winter Wren
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Winter Wren
The map shades 4 countries with regular records, and 2 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 Bermuda, United Kingdom.
About the Winter Wren
The winter wren is a very small North American bird and a member of the mainly New World wren family Troglodytidae. The species was formerly often lumped together with Eurasian wren of Eurasia and Pacific wren of western North America under the merged name of northern wren, until they were split in 2010.
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Easily confused with
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusRufous brown above, richly colored below, barred with darker brown and dusky, even on wings and tail.
Southern House WrenTroglodytes musculusThe southern house wren is a very small passerine bird in the wren family Troglodytidae.
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).
Side by side: Northern House Wren vs Winter Wren · Eurasian Wren vs Winter Wren · Pacific Wren vs Winter Wren · Mountain Wren vs Winter Wren
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