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House Wren
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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Passeriformes
Family:
Troglodytidae
Genus:
Troglodytes
Scientific:
Troglodytes aedon
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:
51E937020E0F3B99
Avibase ID:
avibase-51E93702
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/51E93702
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
Source: Clements checklist
House Wren
Catalan:
cargolet nord-americà
Czech:
střízlík zahradní
Danish:
Husgærdesmutte
Finnish:
pihapeukaloinen
French:
Troglodyte familier
Hungarian:
indiánökörszem
Italian:
Scricciolo delle case
Japanese (romaji):
iemisosazai
Lithuanian:
Naminė karietaitė
Portuguese:
Corruira-de-casa
Ukrainian:
Волоочко співоче
Chinese:
莺鹪鹩
Chinese (Traditional):
北方鶯鷦鷯
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 25th suppl.): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 26th suppl.): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 27th suppl.): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 28th suppl.): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 29th suppl.): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 30th suppl.): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 31st suppl.): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (1957): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 32nd suppl.): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 33rd suppl.): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Troglodyte familier ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 2] |
| Clements 1st edition: Northern House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 4] |
| Clements 3rd edition: Northern House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) |
| eBird version 1.50: House Wren (Northern) ( Troglodytes aedon [aedon Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: House Wren (Northern) ( Troglodytes aedon [aedon Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: House Wren (Northern) ( Troglodytes aedon [aedon Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: House Wren (Northern) ( Troglodytes aedon [aedon Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: House Wren (Northern) ( Troglodytes aedon [aedon Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: House Wren (Northern) ( Troglodytes aedon [aedon Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: House Wren (Northern) ( Troglodytes aedon [aedon Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: House Wren (Northern) ( Troglodytes aedon [aedon Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: House Wren (Northern) ( Troglodytes aedon [aedon Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: House Wren (Northern) ( Troglodytes aedon [aedon Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: House Wren (Northern) ( Troglodytes aedon [aedon Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: House Wren (Northern) ( Troglodytes aedon [aedon Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: House Wren (Northern) ( Troglodytes aedon [aedon Group]) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Northern House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 4] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Northern House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 4] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Troglodytes [aedon or brunneicollis]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Catalan: cargolet nord-americà
Creoles and Pidgins, French-based (Other): rosinyol
Czech: střízlík zahradní
Danish: Husgærdesmutte
German: Hauszaunkönig, Hauszaunkönig [aedon-Gruppe], Nördlicher Hauszaunkönig
English: Brown-throated House-Wren, Cozumel House-Wren, House Wren, House Wren (Northern), Northern House Wren, Northern House Wren (Northern), Northern House-Wren, Tropical House-Wren, Wood wren
English, HBW: House Wren (Northern)
English (IOC): House Wren (Northern)
English (United States): House Wren (Northern)
Esperanto: Domtroglodito
Spanish: Chercán, chivirín saltapared, Chochín Casero, Chochín Criollo, Chochín Criollo (grupo aedon), Colchonero casero, cucarachero, Cucarachero Común, Ratona común, Ratonera Común, Saltapared Común (grupo aedon), Saltapared-continental Norteño, Soterrey cucarachero
Spanish (Argentine): Ratona [grupo aedon], Ratona común
Spanish (Bolivia): Ratona común
Spanish (Chile): Chercán, Chercán común (grupo aedon)
Spanish (Colombia): Cucarachero Común
Spanish (Costa Rica): Soterrey cucarachero, Soterrey Cucarachero (grupo aedon), Soterrey Cucarachero [grupo aedon]
Spanish (Cuba): Troglodita americano [grupo aedon]
Spanish (Ecuador): Soterrey Criollo [Grupo aedon]
Spanish (Spain): Chochín criollo (grupo aedon), Chochín Criollo [aedon Group]
Spanish (HBW): House Wren (Northern)
Spanish (Honduras): cucarachero
Spanish (Mexico): chivirín saltapared, Saltapared Común (grupo aedon), Saltapared-continental Norteño
Spanish (Nicaragua): Chochín Casero
Spanish (Panama): Sotorrey Común (grupo aedon)
Spanish (Peru): Cucarachero Común, Cucarachero Común [grupo aedon]
Spanish (Paraguay): Ratona, Ratona común [grupo aedon]
Spanish (Uruguay): Ratonera [Grupo aedon], Ratonera Común
Spanish (Venezuela): Cucarachero Común
Estonian: aedkäblik
Finnish: Pihapeukaloinen
French: Troglodyte familier, Troglodyte familier (aedon), Troglodyte familier (nominal), Troglodyte familier [aedon]
Guadeloupean Creole French: Rossignol
Guarani: Masakaraguai
Hungarian: indiánökörszem
Icelandic: Húsrindill [aedon hópur]
Italian: Scricciolo delle case
Japanese (romaji): iemisosazai, iemisosazai (aedon guru-pu)
Japanese: イエミソサザイ, イエミソサザイ (aedon グループ), イエミソサザイ（aedon グループ）
Scientific: Sylvia domestica, Troglodytes aedon, Troglodytes aëdon, Troglodytes aedon [aedon Group], Troglodytes aedon aedon, Troglodytes aedon americanus, Troglodytes americanus
Lithuanian: Naminė karietaitė
Dutch: Huiswinterkoning, Huiswinterkoning (aedon groep)
Norwegian: Hussmett, hussmett (aedon gr.)
Polish: strzyzyk spiewny, strzyżyk śpiewny, strzyżyk śpiewny [gr. aedon]
Portuguese: corruíra, Corruira-de-casa
Portuguese (Brazil): Corruíra, corruíra (aedon Group)
Portuguese (Portugal): carriça-doméstica [grupo aedon]
Russian: Домовый крапивник, Домовый крапивник [группа aedon]
Slovak: Oriešok domový, oriešok domový (skup.)
Serbian: Kućni carić [aedon grupa]
Swedish: Husgärdsmyg, husgärdsmyg [aedon Group], husgärdsmyg [gruppen aedon]
Turkish: Ev Çıtkuşu [aedon Grubu]
Ukrainian: Волоочко співоче
Chinese: 莺鹪鹩
Chinese (Traditional): 北方鶯鷦鷯
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