Bewick's wren

Bewick's wren
Song
Call
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Troglodytidae
Genus: Thryomanes
P.L. Sclater, 1862
Species:
T. bewickii
Binomial name
Thryomanes bewickii
(Audubon, 1827)
Subspecies

1–2 dozen living, 2 recently extinct; see article text

  Breeding
  Year-round
  Nonbreeding
Synonyms
  • Thryomanes leucophrys
  • Thryothorus bewickii
  • Thryothorus brevicauda
  • Thryothorus brevicaudus
  • Thryothorus bairdi
Illustration from Audubon's The Birds of America

The Bewick's wren (Thryomanes bewickii) is a wren native to North America. It is the only species placed in the genus Thryomanes. At about 14 cm (5.5 in) long, it is grey-brown above, white below, with a long white eyebrow. While similar in appearance to the Carolina wren, it has a long tail that is tipped in white. The song is loud and melodious, much like the song of other wrens. It lives in thickets, brush piles and hedgerows, open woodlands and scrubby areas, often near streams. It eats insects and spiders, which it gleans from vegetation or finds on the ground.[2]

Its historic range was from southern British Columbia, Nebraska, southern Ontario, and southwestern Pennsylvania, Maryland, south to Mexico, Arkansas and the northern Gulf States. However, it is now extremely rare east of the Mississippi River.[3]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Thryomanes bewickii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22711377A132096463. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22711377A132096463.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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