Bewick's Wren
Bewick's Wren
Thryomanes bewickii
Aves
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
2-8 years
Size
Small
Diet
Insectivore
Activity
Diurnal
Social
Solitary, Pair
Biome
Scrubland
Range
North America
Movement
Flight
Breeding
Egg-laying
Defense
Camouflage
Status
Common

About

Bewick's Wren is a small bird native to North America. It is grey-brown above, white below, with a long white eyebrow and a long tail tipped in white.

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
Thryomanes
Species
Thryomanes bewickii