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
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 ID:
7B6E99A90C2962FE
Avibase ID:
avibase-7B6E99A9
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/7B6E99A9
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 178541
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): House, Brown-throated or Antillean House or Tropical Wren ( Troglodytes [aedon, brunneicollis, martinicensis or musculus]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): House, Brown-throated or Antillean House or Tropical Wren ( Troglodytes [aedon, brunneicollis, martinicensis or musculus]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): House, Brown-throated or Antillean House or Tropical Wren ( Troglodytes [aedon, brunneicollis, martinicensis or musculus]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): House or Tropical Wren ( Troglodytes [aedon, brunneicollis, martinicensis or musculus]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): House or Tropical Wren ( Troglodytes [aedon, brunneicollis, martinicensis or musculus]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): House or Tropical Wren ( Troglodytes [aedon, brunneicollis, martinicensis or musculus]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): House or Tropical Wren ( Troglodytes [aedon, brunneicollis, martinicensis or musculus]) |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 6] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 6] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 6] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 6] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 6] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 6] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 6] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 6] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 6] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 6] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 6] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 6] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 6] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 6] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: species (alt)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Troglodytes [aedon, brunneicollis, martinicensis, musculus or beani]
Your sightings
You must be logged in to view your sighting details. To register to myAvibase click here.
Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Avibase has been visited 418,267,010 times since 24 June 2003. © Denis Lepage | Privacy policy