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House, Brown-throated or Antillean House, Tropical or Cozumel Wren

Troglodytes [aedon, brunneicollis, martinicensis, musculus or beani] (= 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:
  A381417FEA4045E3

Avibase ID:
  avibase-A381417F

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/A381417F

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
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Source: Clements checklist
English:
House, Brown-throated or Antillean House, Tropical or Cozumel Wren
French:
Troglodyte familier, T. à gorge brune, T. des Antilles, T. austral ou T. de Cozumel

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 54th suppl.):
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon)
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 55th suppl.):
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon)
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 56th suppl.):
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon)
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 57th suppl.):
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon)
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 58th suppl.):
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon)
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 59th suppl.):
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon)
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 60th suppl.):
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon)
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl.):
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon)
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl. and addendum):
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon)
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 62nd suppl.):
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon)
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 63rd suppl.):
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon)
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 64th suppl.):
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon)
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
House, Brown-throated or Antillean House, Tropical or Cozumel Wren ( Troglodytes [aedon, brunneicollis, martinicensis, musculus or beani])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
House, Brown-throated or Antillean House, Tropical or Cozumel Wren ( Troglodytes [aedon, brunneicollis, martinicensis, musculus or beani])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
House, Brown-throated or Antillean House, Tropical or Cozumel Wren ( Troglodytes [aedon, brunneicollis, martinicensis, musculus or beani])
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, brunneicollis, martinicensis, musculus or beani])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
House or Tropical Wren ( Troglodytes [aedon, brunneicollis, martinicensis, musculus or beani])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
House or Tropical Wren ( Troglodytes [aedon, brunneicollis, martinicensis, musculus or beani])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
House or Tropical Wren ( Troglodytes [aedon, brunneicollis, martinicensis, musculus or beani])
Birdlife checklist version 00:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 3]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013):
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon)
South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014):
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon)
South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015):
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon)
South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016):
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon)
South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017):
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon)
South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018):
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon)
South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019):
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon)
South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020):
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon)
South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020):
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon)
South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021):
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon)
South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022):
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon)
South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023):
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon)
South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024):
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon)
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Troglodytes aedon [version 3]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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

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Belarusian: Дамавы крапіўнік
Catalan: cargolet nord-americà
Creoles and Pidgins, French-based (Other): rosinyol
Cree: maneetopiésees
Cree, Plains: maneetopiésees
Czech: střízlík zahradní
Welsh: Dryw'r ardd
Danish: Husgærdesmutte
German: Hauszaunkönig, Nördlicher Hauszaunkönig
English: House or Tropical Wren, House Wren, House, Brown-throated or Antillean House, Tropical or Cozumel Wren
English, HBW: House/Cozumel Wren
English (IOC): House Wren
English (United States): House Wren
Esperanto: Domtroglodito
Spanish: Chercán, Chochín Criollo, Saltapared Común
Spanish (Argentine): Ratona, Ratona común
Spanish (Bolivia): Ratona común
Spanish (Chile): Chercán, Chercán común
Spanish (Colombia): Cucarachero casero, Cucarachero común
Spanish (Costa Rica): Soterrey cucarachero
Spanish (Cuba): Troglodita americano
Spanish (Ecuador): Soterrey Criollo
Spanish (Spain): Chochín Criollo
Spanish (HBW): House Wren
Spanish (Honduras): cucarachero
Spanish (Mexico): Chivirín saltapared, Saltapared Común
Spanish (Panama): Sotorrey Común
Spanish (Peru): Cucarachero Común
Spanish (Paraguay): Ratona, Ratona común
Spanish (Uruguay): Ratonera, Ratonera Común
Spanish (Venezuela): Cucarachero Común
Estonian: Aedkäblik
Finnish: pihapeukaloinen
French: Troglodyte familier, Troglodyte familier ou T. austral, Troglodyte familier, T. à gorge brune, T. des Antilles, T. austral ou T. de Cozumel
Frisian: Hûstomke
Galician: Carriza norteamericana
Guarani: Ratona
Croatian: Kućni palčić, Sjevernoamerički palčić
Hungarian: indiánökörszem
Icelandic: Húsrindill
Italian: Scricciolo delle case
Japanese (romaji): iemisosazai
Japanese: イエミソサザイ
Scientific: Troglodytes [aedon or musculus], Troglodytes [aedon, brunneicollis, martinicensis, musculus or beani], Troglodytes aedon, Troglodytes aëdon, Troglodytes aedon aedon
Lithuanian: Naminė karietaitė
Latvian: mājas paceplītis
Dutch: Huiswinterkoning, Noordelijke Huiswinterkoning
Norwegian Nynorsk: Hussmett
Norwegian: Hussmett
Polish: strzyżyk śpiewny
Portuguese: Carriça-de-casa, Corruíra-de-casa
Portuguese (Brazil): Corruíra
Portuguese (Portugal): carriça-doméstica, Corruíra
Rhaeto-Romance: Poleschet da chasa
Russian: Домовый крапивник
Slovak: oriešok domový
Serbian: Kućni carić
Swedish: Husgärdsmyg
Turkish: Ev çitkuşu, Ev Çıtkuşu
Ukrainian: Волоочко співоче
Chinese: 莺鹪鹩
Chinese (Traditional): 北方鶯鷦鷯

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