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Thryothorus ludovicianus

(great Carolina wren)

Overview

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Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Carolina Wren, Florida wren, great Carolina wren, Lomita wren, Lousiana wren, Mocking Wren, Texan wren

Common Names in French:

troglodyte de caroline

Common Names in German:

Carolinazaunkönig

Common Names in Japanese:

チャバラマユミソサザイ

Common Names in Spanish:

Chivir, ChivirÌn de Carolina

Description

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Physical Description

Adult : Face : Chin: white Eyebrow Line : bold white stripe Bill: Curvature: slightly decurved Length : long Neck: Throat : white Body: Breast: whie near throat, buffy near belly Underparts: rich buffy Upperparts: rusty brown Tail: rusty brown with dark brown bars.

Color:

Rusty-brown color above; paler tan on the belly and undersides; distinct white eyebrow stripe .

Size/Age/Growth

About 5.5 inches long, with a wingspan of 7.75 to 7.75 inches. Adults weigh about 0.7 ounces .

Habitat

Habitats of the Carolina Wren include brushy areas usually near deciduous forests , but these birds are highly adaptable, using residential areas with available dense shrubby areas.

Vegetation: tropical deciduous forests, gallery forests, tropical lowland evergreen forest, second-growth forests and woodlands • Maximum Elevation: 2,200 meters • Foraging Strata: Understory/undergrowth • Center of Abundance: Lower tropical: lowlands, lower than 500 m.; tropics. • Sensitivity to Disturbance: Low

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,787 meters (0 to 12,425 feet).[1]

Ecology: List of Habitats :

Biology

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Diet

The Carolina Wren forages near the ground , searches for insects and insect larvae from the branches and leaves of shrubs , and will also eat seeds from the ground or vegetation.

Reproduction

Breeding season begins in early March, peaks from late April to mid-May, and extends to mid-July. The Carolina Wren nests in a variety of places including old woodpecker cavities, within upturned roots of a tree , at the base of trees, in nest boxes, in hanging plants , and even in a coat pocket or a kitchen pot if access is available. The nest is built of twigs , bark strips, and leaves, and lined with finer material . Four to eight (usually 5) eggs , which are whitish or pinkish in color and flecked with browns and purples, are laid and incubated by the female for 12-14 days. The altricial young hatch and leave the nest after 12-14 days.

Migration

Nonmigratory

The song of this bird is a loud, variable tea kettle , tea kettle, tea kettle.

Taxonomy

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Synonyms

Thryothorus ludovicianus (Latham, 1790)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 24-Jun-1996

Similar Species

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Bewick's Wren, Marsh Wren

Members of the genus Thryothorus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 41 species and subspecies in this genus:

T. atrogularis (Black-Throated Wren) · T. coraya (Coraya's Wren) · T. coraya coraya (Coraya's Wren) · T. eisenmanni (Inca Wren) · T. euophrys (Plain-Tailed Wren) · T. euophrys euophrys (Plain-Tailed Wren) · T. fasciatoventris (Black-Bellied Wren) · T. felix (Happy Wren) · T. genibarbis (Moustached Wren) · T. genibarbis genibarbis (Moustached Wren) · T. griseus (Gray Wren) · T. guarayanus (Fawn-Breasted Wren) · T. leucopogon (Stripe-Throated Wren) · T. leucotis (Buff-Breasted Wren) · T. longirostris (Long-Billed Wren) · T. longirostris longirostris (Long-Billed Wren) · T. ludovicianus (Great Carolina Wren) · T. ludovicianus albinucha (Carolina Wren) · T. ludovicianus burleighi (Carolina Wren) · T. ludovicianus lomitensis (Carolina Wren) · T. ludovicianus ludovicianus (Carolina Wren) · T. ludovicianus miamensis (Carolina Wren) · T. maculipectus (Spot-Breasted Wren) · T. modestus (Pain Wren) · T. modestus modestus (Plain Wren) · T. mystacalis (Whiskered Wren) · T. nicefori (Niceforo's Wren) · T. nigricapillus (Bay Wren) · T. nigricapillus nigricapillus (Bay Wren) · T. pleurostictus (Banded Wren) · T. rufalbus (Rufous-And-White Wren) · T. rutilus (Rufous-Breasted Wren) · T. rutilus rutilus (Rufous-Breasted Wren) · T. sclateri (Speckle-Breasted Wren) · T. semibadius (Riverside Wren) · T. sinaloa (Bar-Vented Wren) · T. sinaloa sinaloa (Bar-Vented Wren) · T. spadix (Sooty-Headed Wren) · T. superciliaris (Superciliated Wren) · T. superciliaris superciliaris (Superciliated Wren) · T. thoracicus (Stripe-Breasted Wren)

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:

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Footnotes

  1. Mean = 1,212.460 meters (3,977.887 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,313.910 based on 2,076 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Last Revised: 2012-07-18