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House or Tropical Wren

Troglodytes [aedon or musculus] (= Troglodytes aedon) Vieillot, LJP 1809

The house wren is a very small songbird of the wren family, Troglodytidae. It occurs from Canada to southernmost South America, and is thus the most widely distributed native bird in the Americas. It occurs in most suburban areas in its range and it is the single most common wren. Its taxonomy is highly complex and some subspecies groups are often considered separate species. The name troglodytes means "hole dweller", and is a reference to bird's tendency to disappear into crevices when hunting insects or to seek shelter. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Troglodytidae
Genus:
   Troglodytes
Scientific:
  Troglodytes aedon


Original description

Citation:
  Vieillot, LJP 1809

Reference:
   Hist. Nat. Ois. Amér. Septentr. 2 p.52 pl.107

Protonym:
  Troglodytes aëdon

Type locality:
  no locality; New York City designated by Oberholser, 1934, Ohio Journ. Sci., 34, p. 87.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180312#page/170/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  3E96C36F084F6B3D

Avibase ID:
  avibase-3E96C36F

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/3E96C36F


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 178541

Geographic range:

  • Troglodytes aedon aedon: southeastern Canada and eastern USA
  • Troglodytes aedon baldwini: south-central Canada to southern USA
  • Troglodytes aedon parkmanii: southwestern Canada to central and western USA and northern Baja California
  • Troglodytes beani: Cozumel (off Yucatán Peninsula)
  • Troglodytes musculus musculus: central and southern Brazil to eastern Paraguay and northeastern Argentina (Misiones)
  • Troglodytes musculus albicans: southwestern Colombia and western Ecuador
  • Troglodytes musculus clarus: Trinidad, the Guianas, Venezuela, Brazil, northern Peru, and Colombia
  • Troglodytes musculus [intermedius or peninsularis]: southern Mexico (southeastern Oaxaca and eastern Tabasco) to Costa Rica
  • Troglodytes musculus carychrous: Coiba Island (Panama)
  • Troglodytes musculus [inquietus or pallidiceps]: far southern Costa Rica, and Panama including Pearl Islands
  • Troglodytes musculus atopus: northern Colombia (Santa Marta region)
  • Troglodytes musculus striatulus: western and central Andes of Colombia
  • Troglodytes musculus columbae: east-central Colombia and western Venezuela
  • Troglodytes musculus effutitus: Guajira Peninsula of northeastern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela
  • Troglodytes musculus tobagensis: Tobago
  • Troglodytes musculus audax: arid littoral of western Peru (Cajamarca to northern Ica)
  • Troglodytes musculus puna: puna of northern Peru to northwestern Bolivia (La Paz)
  • Troglodytes musculus carabayae: central and southern Peru (Junín, Cusco, and Puno)
  • Troglodytes musculus tecellatus: coastal southern Peru (Arequipa) to northern Chile (Tarapacá)
  • Troglodytes musculus atacamensis: northern Chile (Antofagasta, Atacama, and northern Coquimbo)
  • Troglodytes musculus bonariae: southern Brazil, Uruguay, and northeastern Argentina
  • Troglodytes musculus chilensis: southern Chile and southern Argentina to Tierra del Fuego
  • Troglodytes musculus rex: central and eastern Bolivia
  • Show more...
English:
House or Tropical Wren
French:
Troglodyte familier ou T. austral


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
House or Tropical Wren ( Troglodytes [aedon or musculus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
House or Tropical Wren ( Troglodytes [aedon or musculus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
House or Tropical Wren ( Troglodytes [aedon or musculus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Troglodytes [aedon or musculus]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
House or Tropical Wren ( Troglodytes [aedon or musculus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
House or Tropical Wren ( Troglodytes [aedon or musculus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
House or Tropical Wren ( Troglodytes [aedon or musculus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
House or Tropical Wren ( Troglodytes [aedon or musculus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
House or Tropical Wren ( Troglodytes [aedon or musculus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
House or Tropical Wren ( Troglodytes [aedon or musculus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
House or Tropical Wren ( Troglodytes [aedon or musculus])

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species (alt)

This taxon is a subspecies of Troglodytes [aedon, musculus or brunneicollis]

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Catalan: cargolet nord-americà
Creoles and Pidgins, French-based (Other): rosinyol
Czech: střízlík zahradní
Danish: Husgærdesmutte
German: Nördlicher Hauszaunkönig
English: House or Tropical Wren
Spanish: Chochín Criollo
Spanish (Argentine): Ratona común
Spanish (Bolivia): Ratona común
Spanish (Chile): Chercán
Spanish (Colombia): Cucarachero común
Spanish (Costa Rica): Soterrey cucarachero
Spanish (Cuba): Troglodita americano
Spanish (Spain): Chochín Criollo
Spanish (Honduras): cucarachero
Spanish (Mexico): Chivirín saltapared
Spanish (Panama): Sotorrey Común
Spanish (Peru): Cucarachero Común
Spanish (Paraguay): Ratona
Spanish (Uruguay): Ratonera Común
Spanish (Venezuela): Cucarachero Común
Finnish: pihapeukaloinen
French: Troglodyte familier, Troglodyte familier ou T. austral
Guarani: Masakaraguai
Croatian: Kućni palčić
Hungarian: indiánökörszem
Italian: Scricciolo delle case
Japanese (romaji): iemisosazai
Japanese: イエミソサザイ
Scientific: Troglodytes [aedon or musculus], Troglodytes aedon, Troglodytes aëdon, Troglodytes aedon aedon
Lithuanian: Naminė karietaitė
Latvian: mājas paceplītis
Dutch: Huiswinterkoning
Norwegian: Hussmett
Polish: strzyżyk śpiewny
Portuguese: Corruíra-de-casa
Portuguese (Brazil): Corruíra
Russian: Домовый крапивник
Slovak: oriešok domový
Serbian: Kućni carić
Swedish: Husgärdsmyg
Turkish: Ev Çıtkuşu
Ukrainian: Волоочко співоче
Chinese: 莺鹪鹩
Chinese (Traditional): 北方鶯鷦鷯

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