Winter Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Scotland
The Winter Wren is found throughout most of Europe and North America where it inhabits a variety of habitats which provide it with low cover on which it can forage for the insects on which it feeds.
Winter wren Troglodytes troglodytes
Identification Tips:
Length: 3.25 inches
Short, thin bill
Indistinct supercilium
Reddish-brown upperparts (more reddish in eastern United States birds) ...
Winter Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) is a local resident in Himalayas. Size: 9 cm ...
The Winter Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) breeds across parts of the northern United States as well as much of Canada. The species winters across a wide area of the eastern United States south to Florida and Texas.
Winter Wren Behaviour
No observations regarding Winter Wren behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Winter Wrens ...
Winter Wren
(Troglodytes hiemalis)
Status: Migrant.
Last recorded on site in 2010
The Patuxent web-site provides more general information about this species.
WINTER WREN.
[Winter Wren.]
TROGLODYTES HYEMALIS, Vieill.
[Troglodytes troglodytes.] ...
Winter Wren
Both Sexes
Chestnut brown upperparts, and pale below.
Troglodytes troglodytes ...
Winter Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Gnatcathers and Kinglets
Blue-grey Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) ...
Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes. Fairly common in winter, spring, and fall in Tennessee Valley and Mountain regions. In Inland Coastal Plain and Gulf Coast regions, uncommon in winter, early spring, and fall.
Winter wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Common gull (Larus canus)
Common crane (Grus grus)
Levant sparrowhawk (Accipiter brevipes)
Lesser short-toed lark (Calandrella rufescens)
White-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) ...
Winter Wrens (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Yucatan Wren (Campylorhynchus yucatanicus)
Zapata Wrens (Ferminia cerverai): Mangoverde ...
Winter Wren
Winter Sighting Information: uncommon
Nest on or near Refuge? no
Greater Yellowlegs
Winter Sighting Information: uncommon
Nest on or near Refuge? no ...
The Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis) is a very small North American bird and a member of the mainly New World wren family Troglodytidae.
Daito Winter Wren, Troglodytes troglodytes orii (Daito Islands, Northwest Pacific, c. 1940)
A disputed Winter Wren subspecies; as it is known from a single specimen that may have been a vagrant individual, it is possibly invalid.
On the nidification of the Winter Wren in Nova Scotia. Proc. Trans. Nova Scotian Inst. Sci. 8: 203-207.
1894. Notes on Nova Scotian zoology: No. 3. Proc. Trans. Nova Scotian Inst. Sci. 8: 395-410.
1897 Notes on Nova Scotia zoology: No. 4. Proc.
The Wren, also known as Winter Wren or European Wren, is one of the smallest birds in Europe. It looks quite funny: a round body and a very small tail, held upright most of the time.
Among the best singers are the canyon, Carolina, and winter wrens. Most wrens nest in natural holes and cavities; house wrens, which range over most of the United States and S Canada, will nest in boxes built for them and in crannies about dwellings.
Winter Wren: The Winter Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) is a very small bird, a member of the mainly New World wren family Troglodytidae. It is the only wren which occurs in the Old World. In Europe it is commonly known simply as the Wren.
It is a good-sized bird (4 times the weight of a Winter Wren), striking in appearance, and raucous in voice, and brash in behavior. Sibley describes the song as "low, grating, chugging, unmusical...".
Confusing similar species includes the House Wren and (during the winter) the Winter Wren. The House Wren is smaller (11-13 cm) and lacks the distinct white eyebrow stripe.
The smallest North American wrens are the winter wren.
The most common is the house wren, is 5 in. It readily accepts nest boxes,
even close to houses, and due to it's aggressive nature will drive
other birds from nest boxes.
A single species, the Winter Wren, is found not only in North America but also in Eastern Asia, Europe and marginally into North Africa. They species in a wide range of habitats, ranging from dry, sparsely wooded country to rainforest.
Other birds you can see on Skommer are: Peregrin Falcon, Short-eared Owl, Pheasants, Blackbirds, Dunnocks, Winter Wren, Wood Pigeons, Magpies, Carrion Crows, Pied Wagtails, Sedge Warblers, Whitethroats, Moorhens, Mallards ...
I'm happy to put that bird in my pocket for now and simply know that I've seen both forms and feel comfortable knowing which is which. Last year's 3-way split of the Winter Wren gave me 2 new lifers without having to lift a finger - I can be patient ...
 See also: Wren, Robin, Warbler, Sparrow, House Wren
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