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Southern House Wren

Troglodytes musculus Naumann, JF 1823

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 musculus

Original description

Citation:
  Naumann, JF 1823

Reference:
   Naturges. Vög. Deutschlands, ed.2 [Naumann] 3 tableFacing p.724

Protonym:
  Troglodytes musculus

Type locality:
  Bahia, Brazil.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105312#page/227/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  A41F13600803FC13

Avibase ID:
  avibase-A41F1360

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/A41F1360

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 917909

Geographic range:

  • Troglodytes musculus: southeastern Mexico including Yucatan Peninsula south through Tierra del Fuego and the Falkland Islands
  • 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
  • Troglodytes musculus striatulus: western and central Andes of Colombia
  • Troglodytes musculus columbae: east-central Colombia and western Venezuela
  • Troglodytes musculus effutitus: Guajira Peninsula (northern 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...
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Tropical Wren
Azerbaijani:
Cənub oyuq birəbitdəni
Bulgarian:
Южно домашно орехче
Czech:
střízlík jižní
Danish:
Sydlig Husgærdesmutte
Esperanto:
sudamerika troglodito
Spanish:
Chochín Ratón
Spanish (Spain):
Chochín criollo sureño
Estonian:
lõunakäblik
French:
Troglodyte austral
Croatian:
južnoamerički palčić
Italian:
Scricciolo di Cobb
Lithuanian:
pietinė karietaitė
Dutch:
Zuidelijke Huiswinterkoning
Norwegian:
musesmett
Polish:
strzyżyk południowy
Portuguese:
corruíra
Portuguese (Brazil):
corruíra
Slovak:
oriešok tropický
Serbian:
Južni kućni carić
Swedish:
musgärdsmyg
Turkish:
Güneyli Ev Çıtkuşu
Ukrainian:
Волоочко південне
Chinese:
南鹪鹩

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 65th suppl.):
Southern House Wren ( Troglodytes musculus)
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 66th suppl.):
Southern House Wren ( Troglodytes musculus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Tropical Wren ( Troglodytes musculus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Tropical Wren ( Troglodytes musculus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Tropical Wren ( Troglodytes musculus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Tropical Wren ( Troglodytes musculus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Tropical Wren ( Troglodytes musculus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Tropical Wren ( Troglodytes musculus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Tropical Wren ( Troglodytes musculus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Tropical Wren ( Troglodytes musculus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Tropical Wren ( Troglodytes musculus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Tropical Wren ( Troglodytes musculus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Tropical Wren ( Troglodytes musculus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Tropical Wren ( Troglodytes musculus) [version 1]
Avilist 2025:
Southern House Wren ( Troglodytes musculus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Southern House Wren ( Troglodytes musculus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2025:
Southern House Wren ( Troglodytes musculus) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
House Wren (Southern) ( Troglodytes aedon [musculus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
House Wren (Southern) ( Troglodytes aedon [musculus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
House Wren (Southern) ( Troglodytes aedon [musculus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
House Wren (Southern) ( Troglodytes aedon [musculus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
House Wren (Southern) ( Troglodytes aedon [musculus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
House Wren (Southern) ( Troglodytes aedon [musculus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
House Wren (Southern) ( Troglodytes aedon [musculus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
House Wren (Southern) ( Troglodytes aedon [musculus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Southern House Wren ( Troglodytes musculus) [version 1]
eBird version 2025:
Southern House Wren ( Troglodytes musculus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Southern House Wren ( Troglodytes musculus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1:
Southern House Wren ( Troglodytes musculus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2:
Southern House Wren ( Troglodytes musculus) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Troglodytes [musculus, martinicensis s.l., beani, tanneri or cobbi] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

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Azerbaijani: Cənub oyuq birəbitdəni
Bulgarian: Южно домашно орехче
Czech: střízlík jižní
Danish: Sydlig Husgærdesmutte
German: Hauszaunkönig [musculus-Gruppe], Südlicher Hauszaunkönig
English: house wren, House Wren (Southern), Southern House Wren, Southern House-Wren, Tropical Wren
English (Avilist): Southern House Wren
English, HBW: House Wren (Southern House Wren), House Wren (Southern)
English (IOC): House Wren (Southern), Southern House Wren
English (United States): House Wren (Southern), Southern House Wren
Esperanto: sudamerika troglodito
Spanish: chivirín ratón, Chochín Criollo, Chochín Criollo (grupo musculus), Chochín Ratón, Ratona, Ratonera Chilena, Ratonera Común, Saltapared Común (grupo musculus), Saltapared-continental Sureño
Spanish (Argentine): Ratona, Ratona [grupo musculus], Ratona Común (grupo musculus)
Spanish (Chile): Chercán, Chercán común, Chercán común (grupo musculus)
Spanish (Costa Rica): Soterré Cucarachero Sureño, Soterrey Cucarachero (grupo musculus), Soterrey Cucarachero [grupo musculus]
Spanish (Cuba): Troglodita americano [grupo musculus]
Spanish (Ecuador): Soterrey Criollo, Soterrey Criollo [Grupo musculus]
Spanish (Spain): Chochín criollo (grupo musculus), Chochín Criollo [musculus Group], Chochín criollo sureño
Spanish (HBW): House Wren (Southern)
Spanish (Honduras): Cucarachero Casero (grupo musculus), Cucarachero Casero Sureño
Spanish (Mexico): chivirín ratón, Saltapared Común (grupo musculus), Saltapared Común Sureño, Saltapared-continental Sureño
Spanish (Panama): Sotorrey Común (grupo musculus), Sotorrey Común Sureño
Spanish (Peru): Cucarachero Común [grupo musculus], Cucarachero Común Sureño
Spanish (Paraguay): Ratona, Ratona común [grupo musculus]
Spanish (Uruguay): Ratonera, Ratonera Chilena, Ratonera Chilena, Ratonera Común, Ratonera Común del Sur, Ratonera del Sur [Grupo musculus]
Spanish (Venezuela): Cucarachero Común, Cucarachero Común [grupo musculus]
Estonian: lõunakäblik
French: Troglodyte austral, Troglodyte familier (austral), Troglodyte familier (groupe musculus), Troglodyte familier [musculus]
French (Guyane): Troglodyte des maisons, Troglodyte familier (groupe musculus)
Guarani: Masakaraguai
Croatian: južnoamerički palčić
Icelandic: Húsrindill [musculus hópur]
Italian: Scricciolo di Cobb
Japanese (romaji): iemisosazai (musculus guru-pu)
Japanese: イエミソサザイ (musculus グループ), イエミソサザイ（musculus グループ）
Scientific: Troglodytes aedon [musculus Group], Troglodytes aedon musculus, Troglodytes musculus, Troglodytes musculus musculus
Lithuanian: pietinė karietaitė
Dutch: Huiswinterkoning (musculus groep), Zuidelijke Huiswinterkoning
Norwegian: hussmett (musculus gr.), musesmett
Polish: strzyzyk poludniowy, Strzyżyk południowy, strzyżyk śpiewny [gr. musculus]
Portuguese: corruíra
Portuguese (Brazil): corruira, corruíra, corruíra [grupo musculus]
Portuguese (Portugal): carriça-doméstica [grupo musculus], Corruíra, Corruíra [grupo musculus]
Russian: Домовый крапивник [группа musculus]
Slovak: oriešok tropický, oriešok tropický (skup.)
Serbian: Južni kućni carić, Kućni carić [musculus grupa]
Swedish: husgärdsmyg [gruppen musculus], husgärdsmyg [musculus Group], musgärdsmyg
Turkish: Ev Çıtkuşu [musculus Grubu], Güneyli Ev Çıtkuşu
Ukrainian: Волоочко південне, Волоочко співоче [група musculus]
Chinese: 南鹪鹩

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