Bewick's Wren
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Troglodytidae
Genus: Thryomanes
Species: bewickii
**Bewick's Wren Audio Below**
Description
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Length: 5.25"
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Wing span: 7"
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Weight: 0.35oz (10grams)
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Grey and brown overall with a thin pointy bill
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Long white eyebrown is very distinct
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White'ish throat and grey'ish belly with a brown back
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Dark barrs on top of tail
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No differences in plumage between males, females and juveniles
Bewick's Wrens are commonly found in brushy habitats
Factoids:
- Wing span is about the same length as 1 dollar bill & weighs about as much as 2 quarters ($0.50)
- The severe declines of Bewick's Wren in the eastern United States coincided with range expansion in the House Wren
- The male Bewick's Wren learns its song while still on the parents' territory. It learns the song not from its father, but rather from the neighboring territorial males. The song repertoire developed before the first winter is retained for life
All photographs and audio clips are ©Jamie Mullin 2006
Sources: Cornell Lab of Ornithology & The Sibley Guide to Birds.
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