Sedge Wren

Cistothorus platensisOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Wrens (Troglodytidae)

Codes: Common Name: SEWR Scientific Name: CISPLA ITIS Taxonomic No.: 178605

Breeding Location:

Wetlands, Marshes, Grasslands, Lakes

Breeding Type:

Polygamous

Breeding Population:

Egg Color:

White

Number of Eggs:

4 - 8

Incubation Days:

12 - 14

Egg Incubator:

Female

Nest Material:

Stems, grasses, and sedges., Lined with plant down, feathers, and fur.

Migration:

Migratory

General

Sedge Wren: Small wren with white-streaked, brown upperparts and pale buff underparts. Eyebrows are pale brown. Bill is short and slightly decurved. Tail is short and barred. Sexes are similar.

Range and Habitat

Sedge Wren: Breeds in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and New Brunswick south to Kansas, Missouri, and Delaware. Spends winters north to southern Illinois and Virginia. Found in dense marshlands and grasslands.

Breeding and Nesting

Sedge Wren: Four to eight white eggs are laid in a nest made of stems, grass, and sedges, lined with plant down, feathers, and fur, and built up to 2 feet above the ground in grass. Incubation ranges from 12 to14 days and is carried out by the female.

Foraging and Feeding

Sedge Wren: Eats mostly insects and spiders; forages while scampering on the ground in wet meadows and in low brush.

Readily Eats

Apple Slices, Peanut Butter

Vocalization

Sedge Wren: Sings a bold melody of single notes, followed by a dry rapid chatter. Call is "chip-chip."

Similar Species

Sedge Wren: Marsh Wren is larger, darker, and browner overall, with longer bill, dark crown, and unbarred rufous rump.

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Sedge Wren

Sedge Wren: Small wren with white-streaked, brown upperparts and pale buff underparts. Eyebrows are pale brown. Tail is short and barred. Bill is short and the legs and feet are pink. One of the most nomadic territorial birds. In any area it may be abundant one year, absent the next.

● Song: "chip-chip"

● Foraging & Feeding: Sedge Wren: Eats mostly insects and spiders; forages while scampering on the ground in wet meadows and in low brush.

● Breeding & nesting: Sedge Wren: Four to eight white eggs are laid in a nest made of stems, grass, and sedges, lined with plant down, feathers, and fur, and built up to 2 feet above the ground in grass. Incubation ranges from 12 to14 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Sedge Wren: Marsh Wren is larger, darker, and browner overall, with longer bill, dark crown, and unbarred rufous rump.

Flight Pattern

Weak fluttering flight with shallow, rapid wing beats, alternating serveral wing strokes with wings being drawn to sides, repeatedly.

Sedge Wren Breeding Male Body Illustration

● Range & Habitat: Sedge Wren: Breeds in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and New Brunswick south to Kansas, Missouri, and Delaware. Spends winters north to southern Illinois and Virginia. Found in dense marshlands and grasslands.

^BreedingPolygamous

^Population

^MigrationMigratory

^Weight0.3 Ounces

Underparts

Belly, undertail coverts, chest, flanks, and foreneck.

Upperparts

Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.

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.

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General

Range and Habitat

Breeding and Nesting

Foraging and Feeding

Readily Eats

Vocalization

Similar Species

Sedge Wren

Flight Pattern