A photo of a Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Eurasian Wren

Eurasian Wren

Troglodytes troglodytes

The Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) or northern wren is a very small insectivorous bird, and the only member of the wren family Troglodytidae found in Eurasia and Africa (Maghreb). In Anglophone Europe, it is commonly known simply as the wren. It has a very short tail which is often held erect, a short neck and a relatively long thin bill. It is russet brown above, paler buff-brown below and has a cream buff supercilium. The sexes are alike. The species was once lumped with Troglodytes hiemalis of eastern North America and Troglodytes pacificus of western North America as the winter wren. The Eurasian wren occurs in Europe and across the Palearctic – including a belt of Asia from northern Iran and Afghanistan across to Japan. It is migratory in only the northern parts of its range. It is also highly polygynous, an unusual mating system for passerines.
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Suzy Mills
Sunday 26 Mar 2023 - 8:09am
United Kingdom
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K S-D
Sunday 26 Mar 2023 - 7:42am
United Kingdom
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Daniel Newton
Sunday 26 Mar 2023 - 7:00am
United Kingdom
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Bob Hunter
Sunday 26 Mar 2023 - 6:55am
United Kingdom
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