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Eurasian Wren

(Troglodytes troglodytes)
Alternate name(s): "Wren", "Winter Wren"
German name(s): "Zaunkönig"

Size: 9-10 cm; wing span 13-17 cm
Weight: 7-12 g
Description     Classification     Distribution     Sightings     Photos     Breeding     Nest     Eggs     Behaviour     Food     Call/s

Physical description

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Taxonomy, classification

See Eurasian Wren at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species

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Sightings

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Photos

Race "troglodytes"

ADULT

MALE

The (tentative) identification of the birds labeled as males is made based on their behaviour (territorial display and song), rather than morphology.

Near-frontal view of a male(?) Eurasian Wren issuing its call (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Parque Ecologico do Gameiro, Mora, Evora, Portugal, February 2023]

Near-lateral view of a male(?) Eurasian Wren issuing its call (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Parque Ecologico do Gameiro, Mora, Evora, Portugal, February 2023]

Close-up lateral/ventral view of a male(?) Eurasian Wren (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, February 2019]

Close-up lateral/ventral view of a male(?) Eurasian Wren issuing its call (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, February 2019]

Sex unknown

Near-frontal view of a Eurasian Wren (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Near Padstow, Cornwall, England, September 2019]

Near-lateral view of a Eurasian Wren (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Ostrow Mazowiecka, Masovia, Poland, October 2017]

Near-lateral view of a Eurasian Wren (photo courtesy of M. Thomas)
[Eltville, Hessen, Germany, January 2019]

Lateral view of a Eurasian Wren (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Near Padstow, Cornwall, England, September 2019]

Lateral view of a Eurasian Wren (photo courtesy of M. Thomas)
[Eltville, Hessen, Germany, January 2019]

Lateral view of a Eurasian Wren (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Ostrow Mazowiecka, Masovia, Poland, October 2017]

Lateral view of a Eurasian Wren (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Ostrow Mazowiecka, Masovia, Poland, October 2017]

Near-dorsal view of a Eurasian Wren (photo courtesy of G. Normand)
[Saint Denis, 10 km North of Paris, France, February 2020]

Near-dorsal view of a Eurasian Wren (photo courtesy of M. Thomas)
[Eltville, Hessen, Germany, January 2019]

Dorsal view of a Eurasian Wren (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Ostrow Mazowiecka, Masovia, Poland, October 2017]

Dorsal view of a Eurasian Wren (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Near Padstow, Cornwall, England, September 2019]

Comparison between a Eurasian Wren, right, and a Dunnock, left (photo courtesy of M. Thomas)
[Eltville, Hessen, Germany, January 2019]

Food, Diet

Close-up lateral view of a Eurasian Wren with its prey, a "Daddy Long Leg" spider (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Ostrow Mazowiecka, Masovia, Poland, October 2017]

Call(s)/Song

For this species we have recorded the following call(s)/song. The interpretation of their meaning is our own; comments and suggestions for improvement are welcome.

eurwren_jp_20200318.m4a (Portugal) Contact call(?) © JP
eurwren_jp_20200318_2.m4a (Portugal) Contact call(?) © JP
eurwren_jp_20200520.m4a (Portugal) Territorial song(?) © JP
eurwren_jp_20200722.m4a (Portugal) Territorial song(?) © JP
eurwren_jp_20230217.mp3 (Portugal) Territorial song(?) © JP
eurwren_jp_20230217_2.mp3 (Portugal) Territorial song(?) © JP
eurwren_jp_20200318_3.m4a (Portugal) Various © JP
eurwren_jp_20190528.m4a (Portugal) Various (+ Eurasian Blackcap, Short-toed Treecreeper) © JP

More Eurasian Wren sound recordings are available at xeno-canto.org .

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