Wrens
Troglodytidae
The wrens are mostly small, brownish passerine birds in the mainly New World family Troglodytidae. The family includes 88 species divided into 19 genera. Only the Eurasian wren occurs in the Old World, where in Anglophone regions, it is commonly known simply as the "wren", as it is the originator of the name. The name wren has been applied to other, unrelated birds, particularly the New Zealand wrens (Acanthisittidae) and the Australian wrens (Maluridae).
20 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 96 known species
Troglodytes Wrens
genusTroglodytes
Thryothorus
genusThryothorus
Thryomanes
genusThryomanes
Large Wrens
genusCampylorhynchus
Marsh Wrens and Allies
genusCistothorus
Salpinctes
genusSalpinctes
Catherpes
genusCatherpes
Cantorchilus Wrens
genusCantorchilus
Pheugopedius Wrens
genusPheugopedius
Thryophilus Wrens
genusThryophilus
Wood-Wrens
genusHenicorhina
Uropsila
genusUropsila
Sepia-brown Wrens
genusCinnycerthia
Song Wrens
genusCyphorhinus
Nightingale-Wrens and Allies
genusMicrocerculus
Thryorchilus
genusThryorchilus
Cave Wrens
genusHylorchilus
Tooth-billed and Gray-mantled Wrens
genusOdontorchilus
Ferminia
genusFerminia
Thryothorus × Troglodytes
genushybridThryothorus × Troglodytes
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 15964.