Wrens (Troglodytidae)
Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus) - HBW 10, p. 435
French: Troglodyte austral
German: Südlicher Hauszaunkönig
Spanish: Chochín Ratón
Other common names: House Wren (when combined with other members of superspecies); Antillean House Wren (“martinicensis group”)
Taxonomy: Troglodytes musculus J. F. Naumann, 1823, Bahia, Brazil.
Forms a superspecies with T. aedon, T. brunneicollis, T. tanneri, T. beani and T. cobbi; all have often been treated as conspecific, as suggested by field observations, but recent DNA analyses indicate that present species and first two are three separate species; the others, isolated on islands, likely also to be distinct. The six Lesser Antilles races of present species (the “martinicensis” group) possibly warrant separation as an additional full species. Race martinicensis (Martinique) presumed extinct. Twenty-five extant subspecies reco.. View all taxonomy...
Taxonomy: Troglodytes musculus J. F. Naumann, 1823, Bahia, Brazil.
Forms a superspecies with T. aedon, T. brunneicollis, T. tanneri, T. beani and T. cobbi; all have often been treated as conspecific, as suggested by field observations, but recent DNA analyses indicate that present species and first two are three separate species; the others, isolated on islands, likely also to be distinct. The six Lesser Antilles races of present species (the “martinicensis” group) possibly warrant separation as an additional full species. Race martinicensis (Martinique) presumed extinct. Twenty-five extant subspecies recognized.
Forms a superspecies with T. aedon, T. brunneicollis, T. tanneri, T. beani and T. cobbi; all have often been treated as conspecific, as suggested by field observations, but recent DNA analyses indicate that present species and first two are three separate species; the others, isolated on islands, likely also to be distinct. The six Lesser Antilles races of present species (the “martinicensis” group) possibly warrant separation as an additional full species. Race martinicensis (Martinique) presumed extinct. Twenty-five extant subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- intermedius Cabanis, 1861 - S Mexico (SE Oaxaca, Tabasco) S to C Costa Rica.
- inquietus S. F. Baird, 1864 - extreme SW Costa Rica and Panama (E to Darién).
- carychrous Wetmore, 1957 - Coiba I, off S Panama.
- intermedius Cabanis, 1861 - S Mexico (SE Oaxaca, Tabasco) S to C Costa Rica.
- inquietus S. F. Baird, 1864 - extreme SW Costa Rica and Panama (E to Darién).
- carychrous Wetmore, 1957 - Coiba I, off S Panama.
- pallidipes A. R. Phillips, 1986 - Pearl Is (San Jose and Pedro González, possibly also Bayoneta and Santelmo), off SE Panama.
- guadeloupensis ( Cory, 1886) - Guadeloupe, in N Lesser Antilles.
- rufescens ( Lawrence, 1877) - Dominica.
- mesoleucus ( P. L. Sclater, 1876) - St Lucia.
- musicus ( Lawrence, 1878) - St Vincent.
- grenadensis ( Lawrence, 1878) - Grenada, in S Lesser Antilles.
- tobagensis Lawrence, 1888 - Tobago.
- atopus Oberholser, 1904 - N Colombia.
- effutitus Wetmore, 1958 - NE Colombia (Guajira Peninsula and extreme NE Magdalena).
- striatulus ( Lafresnaye, 1845) - W & C Colombia and W Venezuela.
- columbae Stone, 1899 - E Andes in Venezuela and Colombia.
- clarus Berlepsch & Hartert, 1902 - Venezuela (except W), Trinidad, the Guianas and E Colombia S to NE Peru and N & W Brazil.
- albicans Berlepsch & Taczanowski, 1884 - SW Colombia and W Ecuador.
- musculus J. F. Naumann, 1823 - C, E & S Brazil (S to Mato Grosso), E Paraguay & NE Argentina (Misiones).
- bonariae Hellmayr, 1919 - NE Argentina, Uruguay and extreme SE Brazil.
- puna Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1896 - N & E Peru and NW Bolivia.
- audax Tschudi, 1844 - arid W coast of Peru (from Trujillo S to Pisco).
- carabayae Chapman & Griscom, 1924 - C & S Peru (Junín S to Puno).
- tecellatus d’Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837 - extreme SW Peru and N Chile (Lluta Valley).
- rex Berlepsch & Leverkühn, 1890 - C & E Bolivia, N Argentina and W Paraguay.
- atacamensis Hellmayr, 1924 - N Chile.
- chilensis Lesson, 1830 - from C Chile (S from Aconcagua) and C Argentina S to Tierra del Fuego.
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By the reserve Wetland. Locality Guapi Açu Ecological Reserve (REGUA), Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil (ssp clarus-presumably)
Ron Jackson 24 September 2011 43 weeks ago 39 sec 4.8 -
A bird singing and preening Locality San Miguel, Santiago de Cali, Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia (ssp columbae)
Pere Sugranyes 31 May 1999 6 years ago 23 sec 4.3 -
A bird feeding on food scraps from my kitchen sink, in it's "natural habitat", inside a house. Locality Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname (ssp clarus)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 21 May 2011 1 year ago 58 sec 4.3 -
A bird feeding on my leftovers of a pizza in my kitchen. Locality Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname (ssp clarus)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 21 May 2011 1 year ago 1 min 2 sec 4 -
Bathing time Locality Canopy Lodge, El Valle de Antón, Coclé Province, Panama
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2010 2 years ago 1 min 1 sec 4 -
A bird on a bush, singing. Locality Chinkultic ruins, Comitán, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp intermedius)
Josep del Hoyo 9 April 2009 3 years ago 19 sec 4
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Bird perched on a branch.
Locality Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (ssp bonariae)
Santiago Meligeni Lozano 24 August 2010 2 years ago 4.4 -
Bird sings
Locality Afonso Cláudio, Espirito Santo State, Brazil
hawk 9 October 2012 14 weeks ago 4.2 -
A pair of mating birds
Locality Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela (ssp clarus)
Miguel Emmanuelli 14 June 2010 2 years ago 4.2 -
Adult perched.
Locality El Toro, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela (ssp clarus)
Christophe Gouraud 7 April 2012 34 weeks ago 4.1 -
An adult carrying a grasshopper.
Locality Palmares, Pérez Zeledón, San José Province, Costa Rica
manuel retana 17 June 2011 1 year ago 4.1 -
Perched on the fence.
Locality Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Juan Carlos Melillo 23 December 2011 38 weeks ago 4.1
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Bird singing near a lake. Locality Ibirapuera Park, São Paulo City, São Paulo State, Brazil
Antonio Silveira 29 November 2012 23 weeks ago 4.5 -
Bird singing in the morning. Locality Comandatuba Island, Una, Bahia State, Brazil
Antonio Silveira 18 November 2004 44 weeks ago 4 -
A male singin in the garden. Locality Masaya, Masaya Department, Nicaragua
Orlando Jarquín G. 22 April 2011 1 year ago 4 -
One bird singing - Two recordings of the same bird put together Locality Kourou, French Guiana
Patrick Ingremeau 28 June 2010 2 years ago 4 -
Song. Locality Monteverde, Costa Rica
(ssp intermedius)
Scott Olmstead 21 March 2010 3 years ago 4 -
A bird singing in reponse to another one (background song). Locality Haquira District, Apurimac Department, Peru
(ssp puna)
rodolfinchi10 27 September 2009 3 years ago 4
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