Wren

:This article is about the bird. For other uses of the word Wren, see Wren (disambiguation).

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Donacobius

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Campylorhynchus

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Odontorchilus

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Salpinctes

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Catherpes

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Hylorchilus

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Cinnycerthia

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Thryomanes

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Ferminia

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Troglodytes

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Cistothorus

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Uropsila

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Thryorchilus

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Thryothorus

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Henicorhina

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Microcerculus

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Cyphorhinus

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The true wrens are members of a New World passerine bird family Troglodytidae containing 79 species.

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A troglodyte means a cave-dweller, and wrens get their scientific name from the tendency of some species to forage in dark crevices. They are mainly small and inconspicuous except for their loud songs. These birds have short wings and a thin down-turned bill. Several species often hold their tails upright. All are insectivorous.

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Only one species, Troglodytes troglodytes, known as the Winter Wren in North America, occurs in Europe, where it is commonly known simply as the Wren.

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The 27 Australasian "wren" species are unrelated and are in the family Maluridae.

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New World: "The New World" is one of the names used for the American continents and adjacent islands collectively, in use since the 16th century. The Americas were at that time new to the Europeans, who previously thought of the world as consisting only of Europe, Asia, and Africa (the Old World). The term "Ne...

Species: In biology, the most commonly used definition of species was first coined by Ernst Mayr. Species are "groups of actually or potentially interbreeding natural populations which are reproductively isolated from other such groups" (however, see other definitions of species below)....

Australasia: Australasia is the area that includes Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, and the many smaller islands in the vicinity, most of which are the eastern part of Indonesia. The name was coined by Charles de Brosses in Histoire des navigations aux terres australes (1756). He derived it from the Latin for...

Wren related Images and Photos (experimental)

Wren and Magnolia

Wren on the Doorknob

A Tribute to Sir Christopher Wren

Williamsburg VA William and Mary College View of the Sunken Garden Wren Building