Troglodytes [aedon, brunneicollis, martinicensis, musculus, beani or cobbi] (House, Brown-throated or Antillean House, Tropical, Cozumel or Cobb's Wren)

House, Brown-throated or Antillean House, Tropical, Cozumel or Cobb's Wren

Troglodytes [aedon, brunneicollis, martinicensis, musculus, beani or cobbi] (= 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:
46A74E575508923A

Avibase ID:
avibase-46A74E57

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/46A74E57

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 brunneicollis brunneicollis (brunneicollis): central and southern Mexico (San Luis Potosí and Hidalgo to Oaxaca)
Troglodytes brunneicollis brunneicollis (compositus): mountains of eastern Mexico (Coahuila and Nuevo León to Puebla)
Troglodytes brunneicollis nitidus: southern Mexico (Mount Zempoaltepec in Oaxaca)
Troglodytes brunneicollis cahooni: mountains of southeastern Arizona to central Mexican Plateau
Troglodytes beani: Cozumel (off Yucatán Peninsula)
Troglodytes martinicensis: Dominica; at least formerly Guadeloupe and Martinique (Lesser Antilles)
Troglodytes martinicensis martinicensis: formerly Martinique (Lesser Antilles); extinct, last seen 1886
Troglodytes martinicensis guadeloupensis: formerly Guadeloupe (central Lesser Antilles); extinct, last seen 1973
Troglodytes martinicensis rufescens: Dominica (Lesser Antilles)
Troglodytes grenadensis: Grenada (Lesser Antilles)
Troglodytes musicus: St. Vincent (Lesser Antilles)
Troglodytes mesoleucus: St. Lucia (Lesser Antilles)
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
Troglodytes cobbi: Falkland Islands
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
House, Brown-throated or Antillean House, Tropical, Cozumel or Cobb's Wren
French:
Troglodyte familier, T. à gorge brune, T. des Antilles, T. austral, T. de Cozumel ou T. de Cobb

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (1983): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 35th suppl.): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 36th suppl.): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 37th suppl.): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 38th suppl.): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 39th suppl.): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 40th suppl.): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 41st suppl.): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (1998): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 42nd suppl.): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 43rd suppl.): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 44th suppl.): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 45th suppl.): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 46th suppl.): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 47th suppl.): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 48th suppl.): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 49th suppl.): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 50th suppl.): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 51st suppl.): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 52nd suppl.): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 53rd suppl.): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): House, Brown-throated or Antillean House, Tropical, Cozumel or Cobb's Wren ( Troglodytes [aedon, brunneicollis, martinicensis, musculus, beani or cobbi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): House, Brown-throated or Antillean House, Tropical, Cozumel or Cobb's Wren ( Troglodytes [aedon, brunneicollis, martinicensis, musculus, beani or cobbi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): House, Brown-throated or Antillean House, Tropical, Cozumel or Cobb's Wren ( Troglodytes [aedon, brunneicollis, martinicensis, musculus, beani or cobbi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): House or Cobb's Wren ( Troglodytes [aedon or cobbi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): House or Cobb's Wren ( Troglodytes [aedon or cobbi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): House or Cobb's Wren ( Troglodytes [aedon or cobbi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): House or Cobb's Wren ( Troglodytes [aedon or cobbi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): House, Brown-throated, Antillean, Tropical or Cobb's Wren ( Troglodytes [aedon, brunneicollis, martinicensis, musculus, beani or cobbi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): House, Brown-throated, Antillean, Tropical or Cobb's Wren ( Troglodytes [aedon, brunneicollis, martinicensis, musculus, beani or cobbi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): House, Brown-throated, Antillean, Tropical or Cobb's Wren ( Troglodytes [aedon, brunneicollis, martinicensis, musculus, beani or cobbi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): House, Brown-throated, Antillean, Tropical or Cobb's Wren ( Troglodytes [aedon, brunneicollis, martinicensis, musculus, beani or cobbi])
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Troglodyte familier ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition: House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50: House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52: House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53: House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 3]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 3]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 3]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 3]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 3]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 3]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 3]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 3]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 3]
Morony, Bock and Farrand: House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Troglodytes [aedon, tanneri, brunneicollis, martinicensis, musculus, beani or cobbi]

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