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Wrens
Small Songbirds • Family Troglodytidae
Overview
Wrens are small songbirds belonging to the family Troglodytidae. Most species are found in the Americas, where they inhabit environments ranging from forests and grasslands to deserts, wetlands, gardens, and neighborhoods.
Small but Spirited
Wrens are generally compact birds with short wings and relatively long, slender bills. Many have brown or grayish plumage that helps them blend into their surroundings, and several species characteristically hold their tails in an upright position.
A Powerful Voice
Despite their small size, wrens are well known for producing surprisingly loud and complex songs. Their calls and songs are often heard before the birds themselves are spotted among thick vegetation, branches, or other hiding places.
What’s for Dinner?
Wrens feed primarily on insects, spiders, and other small invertebrates. They frequently search through leaves, bark, branches, crevices, and vegetation, using their narrow bills to reach prey hidden in tight spaces.
Home Sweet Home
Depending on the species, wrens may nest in natural cavities, tree holes, rock crevices, abandoned nests, or human-made structures. Some readily use nest boxes, flowerpots, mailboxes, and other sheltered spaces around homes and gardens.
A Familiar Wren
The house wren is one of the best-known members of the family in North America. Small, energetic, and adaptable, it frequently lives near people and is recognized for its bubbly song and habit of investigating cavities that might provide a suitable nesting site.
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