A small wren of Pacific coastal forests.
§ Quick facts
§ Encyclopedia
The Pacific wren is a very small North American bird and a member of the mainly New World wren family Troglodytidae. The species was formerly lumped together with either the winter wren of eastern North America alone, or also with the Eurasian wren of Eurasia, then under the merged name of northern wren with the scientific name T. troglodytes having priority.
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§ Identification
Field marks. Very small, dark rusty-brown wren with a short cocked tail, dark barring below, and a faint pale eyebrow.
Similar species. Winter Wren (East) is nearly identical and separated by range and call; House Wren is paler and longer-tailed. Pacific is dark and tied to wet western forest.
Voice. An extremely long, rapid, tinkling series of high trills and warbles; call a hard, doubled 'chimp-chimp'.
§ Diet & behavior
Diet. Insects and spiders gleaned from vegetation.
Behavior. A tiny, dark wren of moist Pacific conifer forest; creeps mouse-like through fallen logs and root tangles and delivers an astonishingly long, complex song.
§ Range
Pacific Coast
§ Habitat
Pacific Northwest forests
§ Threats
Forest loss.
§ Conservation status
According to the IUCN Red List, the pacific wren is currently classified as Least Concern.
§ What helps
Support Pacific Coast forest conservation.
§ Further reading
- Wikipedia — Pacific wren
- www.allaboutbirds.org — authoritative profile of Troglodytes pacificus
- IUCN Red List — search for Troglodytes pacificus
- GBIF occurrence records
- Encyclopedia of Life — Troglodytes pacificus
§ Sources cited
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology — All About Birds
- National Audubon Society
- iNaturalist
- IUCN Red List
