Marsh wren | |
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In Canada | |
Singing in Typha marsh in Minnesota | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Troglodytidae |
Genus: | Cistothorus |
Species: | C. palustris
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Binomial name | |
Cistothorus palustris (Wilson, A, 1810)
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Distribution map
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Synonyms | |
Telmatodytes palustris |
The marsh wren (Cistothorus palustris) is a small North American songbird of the wren family. It is sometimes called the long-billed marsh wren to distinguish it from the sedge wren, also known as the short-billed marsh wren.