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House Wren

Troglodytes aedon

Description:

Occurs from Canada to southernmost South America, and is thus the most widely distributed bird in the Americas.

Habitat:

semi arid dry tropical forest

Notes:

I spotted this in Tatacoa desert.

1 Species ID Suggestions

House Wren
Troglodytes aedon House Wren


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5 Comments

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 10 years ago

Thanks Faredin and New Yorker, that looks like it.

Evergreen
Evergreen 10 years ago

Could be House Wren ...
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/House...
Here are links to other possible Wrens ...
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/brows...

Evergreen
Evergreen 10 years ago

Found this online that may be of help ...
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/NetCommunit...

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 10 years ago

Thanks, that does help but I'm not good at id'ing birds. Hopefully someone else will be able to narrow this down.

AshleyT
AshleyT 10 years ago

This is some species of Wren. But Colombia has the greatest diversity of Wrens on Earth, with 36 species. And Wrens look too similar to me, so that's as far as I can get you :)

Dan Doucette
Spotted by
Dan Doucette

Huila, Colombia

Spotted on Dec 28, 2012
Submitted on Aug 24, 2013

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