Stats

Lifespan

2-9 yrs

Size

Small

Diet

Insectivore

Activity

Diurnal

Social

Solitary

Biome

Temperate forest

Range

The Americas

Movement

Flight

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Camouflage

Status

Common

About

Northern house wrens are small, passerine birds that inhabit the densest, most urban areas of southern Canada, the USA, and Mexico. They are known for their tendency to disappear into crevices when hunting insects or to seek shelter.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg

   A small clutch of speckled eggs is incubated in a cup nest, turned and kept warm by the parent.
2. 2.
   hatchling

   A pink, blind hatchling is fed by its parents in the nest, gaping its bill at every visit.
3. 3.
   juvenile

   A feathered juvenile fledges from the nest, learning to fly and to forage close to its parents.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown with adult plumage and song.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Troglodytidae

Genus

Troglodytes

Species

Troglodytes aedon