#1303 · 🐦 birds

Northern House Wren

🇳🇱 Huiswinterkoning ·Troglodytes aedon

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Bird Explorers · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Greg Lasley · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Greg Lasley · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Bill Bouton · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. © Lauren Glevanik · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Rancho Cicada, Amador County, CA, USA:© R.J. Adams · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Folcroft, Pennsylvania, United States:© Bill Keim · CC BY 4.0
8. Gonzales County, TX, USA:© Greg Lasley · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Los Angeles County, US-CA, US:© Randy · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
10. Boulder County, CO, USA:© dplawrance · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

what is it?

The house wren ( Troglodytes aedon ) is a very small songbird of the wren family, Troglodytidae. It occurs from Canada to southernmost South America, and is thus the most widely distributed bird in the Americas. It occurs in most suburban areas in its range and it is the single most common wren. Its taxonomy is highly complex and some subspecies groups are often considered separate species.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 58,061iNaturalist observations
weight 11.5 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
58,061 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 12 g.
Scientifically named by Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1809 (217 years ago).