Carolina Wren

Thryothorus ludovicianusOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Wrens (Troglodytidae)

Codes: Common Name: CARW Scientific Name: THRLUD ITIS Taxonomic No.: 178581

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Carolina Wren

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.

● Song: "peup- peup-peup-tew-tew-tew-tew-tew-mew", "jeet"

● Foraging & Feeding: Carolina Wren: Eats mainly spiders and insects; forages on or near the ground.

● Breeding & nesting: Carolina Wren: Four to eight white or light pink eggs, marked with brown, are laid in a shallow cup of sticks, leaves, mosses, and finer materials built in a crevice among rocks or, occasionally, on a building. Incubation ranges from 12 to 14 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Carolina Wren: Bewick's Wren has white underparts, long rounded tail tipped with white, and different song.

Flight Pattern

Weak and fluttering direct flight, often of short duration, on shallowly beating wings.

● Range & Habitat: Carolina Wren: Breeds from British Columbia, Montana, and western South Dakota southward.

^BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester

^Population

^MigrationNonmigratory

^Weight0.7 Ounces

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

Field Guide to Birds of North America

Carolina Wren

Carolina Wren

Flight Pattern