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Overview
Carolina Wren: Medium-sized wren with rufous upperparts and buff underparts. Eyebrows are white, wings and tail are dark barred with white flecks. Throat and chin are white. Bill is decurved. Legs and feet are pink-gray. Range expands north when winters are mild and retracts south when harsh.
Range and Habitat
Carolina Wren: Breeds from British Columbia, Montana, and western South Dakota southward.
Topo Map:
Perching-like Body
Listen to Call
Similar Sounding
Voice Text
"peup- peup-peup-tew-tew-tew-tew-tew-mew", "jeet"
Interesting Facts
The Carollina Wren uses the skin of snakes, hair, feathers and many other materials to build their dome-shaped nests.
They are known to build multiple nests to confuse predators.
It is the state bird of South Carolina.
A group of wrens has many collective nouns, including a "chime", "flight", "flock", and "herd" of wrens.
Bird Term Glossary
Author
Gary Owen Dick
Related Birds
Bewick's Wren
Marsh Wren
Sedge Wren
Cactus Wren
Rock Wren
Canyon Wren
House Wren
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