Bird group

Wrens

96 species in this group — each with its conservation status, population estimate and a short description.

Antioquia Wren
Thryophilus sernai
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Antioquia Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation,…

Apolinar's Wren
Cistothorus apolinari
Endangered≈ 1K-2.5K

The Apolinar's Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation,…

Band-backed Wren
Campylorhynchus zonatus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Band-backed Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation,…

Banded Wren
Thryophilus pleurostictus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Banded Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation, rocky…

Bar-winged Wood-Wren
Henicorhina leucoptera
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Bar-winged Wood-Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense…

Bay Wren
Cantorchilus nigricapillus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Bay Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation, rocky…

Bewick's Wren
Thryomanes bewickii
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Bewick's Wren is a wren of North American forests, woodland, scrub, and rocky country. It keeps close to dense vegetation, rocky…

Bicolored Wren
Campylorhynchus griseus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Bicolored Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation,…

Black-bellied Wren
Pheugopedius fasciatoventris
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Black-bellied Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation,…

Black-throated Wren
Pheugopedius atrogularis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Black-throated Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense…

Boucard's Wren
Campylorhynchus jocosus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Boucard's Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation,…

Buff-breasted Wren
Cantorchilus leucotis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Buff-breasted Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation,…

Cabanis's Wren
Cantorchilus modestus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Cabanis's Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation,…

Cactus Wren
Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Cactus Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation, rocky…

Canebrake Wren
Cantorchilus zeledoni
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Canebrake Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation,…

Canyon Wren
Catherpes mexicanus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Canyon Wren is a wren of North American forests, woodland, scrub, and rocky country. It keeps close to dense vegetation, rocky slopes,…

Carolina Wren
Thryothorus ludovicianus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Carolina Wren is a wren of North American forests, woodland, scrub, and rocky country. It keeps close to dense vegetation, rocky…

Clarion Wren
Troglodytes tanneri
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Clarion Wren is a wren of Mexico's Pacific islands and adjacent dry woodland. It keeps close to dense vegetation, rocky slopes, or…

Cobb's Wren
Troglodytes cobbi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Cobb's Wren is a wren of North, Central, and South American forests, scrub, and mountains. It keeps close to dense vegetation, rocky…

Coraya Wren
Pheugopedius coraya
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Coraya Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation, rocky…

Cozumel Wren
Troglodytes beani
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Cozumel Wren is a wren of the Caribbean and Greater Antillean forests. It keeps close to dense vegetation, rocky slopes, or forest…

Eurasian Wren
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytes
Least Concern≈ 65.3M–113M

The Eurasian Wren is a wren of North, Central, and South American forests, scrub, and mountains. It keeps close to dense vegetation, rocky…

Fasciated Wren
Campylorhynchus fasciatus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Fasciated Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation,…

Fawn-breasted Wren
Cantorchilus guarayanus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Fawn-breasted Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation,…

Flutist Wren
Microcerculus ustulatus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Flutist Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation, rocky…

Fulvous Wren
Cinnycerthia fulva
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Fulvous Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation, rocky…

Giant Wren
Campylorhynchus chiapensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Giant Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation, rocky…

Grass Wren
Cistothorus platensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Grass Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation, rocky…

Gray Wren
Cantorchilus griseus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Gray Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation, rocky…

Gray-barred Wren
Campylorhynchus megalopterus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Gray-barred Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation,…

Gray-breasted Wood-Wren
Henicorhina leucophrys
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Gray-breasted Wood-Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense…

Gray-browed Wren
Pheugopedius schulenbergi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Gray-browed Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation,…

Gray-mantled Wren
Odontorchilus branickii
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Gray-mantled Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation,…

Grenada Wren
Troglodytes grenadensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Grenada Wren is a wren of the Caribbean and Greater Antillean forests. It keeps close to dense vegetation, rocky slopes, or forest…

Happy Wren
Pheugopedius felix
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Happy Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation, rocky…

Hermit Wood-Wren
Henicorhina anachoreta
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Hermit Wood-Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation,…

Inca Wren
Pheugopedius eisenmanni
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Inca Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation, rocky…

Isthmian Wren
Cantorchilus elutus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Isthmian Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation,…

Kalinago Wren
Troglodytes martinicensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Kalinago Wren is a wren of the Caribbean and Greater Antillean forests. It keeps close to dense vegetation, rocky slopes, or forest…

Long-billed Wren
Cantorchilus longirostris
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Long-billed Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation,…

Marsh Wren
Cistothorus palustris
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Marsh Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation, rocky…

Merida Wren
Cistothorus meridae
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Merida Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation, rocky…

Mountain Wren
Troglodytes solstitialis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Mountain Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation,…

Moustached Wren
Pheugopedius genibarbis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Moustached Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation,…

Munchique Wood-Wren
Henicorhina negreti
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Munchique Wood-Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense…

Musician Wren
Cyphorhinus arada
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Musician Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation,…

Nava's Wren
Hylorchilus navai
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Nava's Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation, rocky…

Niceforo's Wren
Thryophilus nicefori
Critically Endangered≈ Unknown

The Niceforo's Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation,…

Nightingale Wren
Microcerculus philomela
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Nightingale Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation,…

Northern Chestnut-breasted Wren
Cyphorhinus dichrous
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Northern Chestnut-breasted Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to…

Northern House Wren
Troglodytes aedon
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Northern House Wren is a wren of North American forests, woodland, scrub, and rocky country. It keeps close to dense vegetation, rocky…

Ochraceous Wren
Troglodytes ochraceus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Ochraceous Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation,…

Pacific Wren
Troglodytes pacificus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Pacific Wren is a wren of North American forests, woodland, scrub, and rocky country. It keeps close to dense vegetation, rocky slopes,…

Peruvian Wren
Cinnycerthia peruana
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Peruvian Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation,…

Plain-tailed Wren
Pheugopedius euophrys
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Plain-tailed Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation,…

Riverside Wren
Cantorchilus semibadius
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Riverside Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation,…

Rock Wren
Salpinctes obsoletus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Rock Wren is a wren of North American forests, woodland, scrub, and rocky country. It keeps close to dense vegetation, rocky slopes, or…

Rufous Wren
Cinnycerthia unirufa
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Rufous Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation, rocky…

Rufous-and-white Wren
Thryophilus rufalbus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Rufous-and-white Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense…

Rufous-backed Wren
Campylorhynchus capistratus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Rufous-backed Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation,…

Rufous-breasted Wren
Pheugopedius rutilus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Rufous-breasted Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense…

Rufous-browed Wren
Troglodytes rufociliatus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Rufous-browed Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation,…

Russet-naped Wren
Campylorhynchus humilis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Russet-naped Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation,…

Santa Marta Wren
Troglodytes monticola
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Santa Marta Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation,…

Scaly-breasted Wren
Microcerculus marginatus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Scaly-breasted Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense…

Sedge Wren
Cistothorus stellaris
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Sedge Wren is a wren of North American forests, woodland, scrub, and rocky country. It keeps close to dense vegetation, rocky slopes,…

Sharpe's Wren
Cinnycerthia olivascens
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Sharpe's Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation,…

Sinaloa Wren
Thryophilus sinaloa
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Sinaloa Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation, rocky…

Socorro Wren
Troglodytes sissonii
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Socorro Wren is a wren of Mexico's Pacific islands and adjacent dry woodland. It keeps close to dense vegetation, rocky slopes, or…

Song Wren
Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Song Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation, rocky…

Sooty-headed Wren
Pheugopedius spadix
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Sooty-headed Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation,…

Southern Chestnut-breasted Wren
Cyphorhinus thoracicus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Southern Chestnut-breasted Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to…

Southern House Wren
Troglodytes musculus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Southern House Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense…

Speckle-breasted Wren
Pheugopedius sclateri
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Speckle-breasted Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense…

Spot-breasted Wren
Pheugopedius maculipectus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Spot-breasted Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation,…

Spotted Wren
Campylorhynchus gularis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Spotted Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation, rocky…

St. Lucia Wren
Troglodytes mesoleucus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The St. Lucia Wren is a wren of the Caribbean and Greater Antillean forests. It keeps close to dense vegetation, rocky slopes, or forest…

St. Vincent Wren
Troglodytes musicus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The St. Vincent Wren is a wren of the Caribbean and Greater Antillean forests. It keeps close to dense vegetation, rocky slopes, or forest…

Stripe-backed Wren
Campylorhynchus nuchalis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Stripe-backed Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation,…

Stripe-breasted Wren
Cantorchilus thoracicus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Stripe-breasted Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense…

Stripe-throated Wren
Cantorchilus leucopogon
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Stripe-throated Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense…

Sumichrast's Wren
Hylorchilus sumichrasti
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Sumichrast's Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation,…

Superciliated Wren
Cantorchilus superciliaris
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Superciliated Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation,…

Tepui Wren
Troglodytes rufulus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Tepui Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation, rocky…

Thrush-like Wren
Campylorhynchus turdinus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Thrush-like Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation,…

Timberline Wren
Thryorchilus browni
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Timberline Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation,…

Tooth-billed Wren
Odontorchilus cinereus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Tooth-billed Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation,…

Veracruz Wren
Campylorhynchus rufinucha
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Veracruz Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation,…

Whiskered Wren
Pheugopedius mystacalis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Whiskered Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation,…

White-bellied Wren
Uropsila leucogastra
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The White-bellied Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation,…

White-breasted Wood-Wren
Henicorhina leucosticta
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The White-breasted Wood-Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense…

White-headed Wren
Campylorhynchus albobrunneus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The White-headed Wren is a wren of North American forests, woodland, scrub, and rocky country. It keeps close to dense vegetation, rocky…

Wing-banded Wren
Microcerculus bambla
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Wing-banded Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation,…

Winter Wren
Troglodytes hiemalis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Winter Wren is a wren of North American forests, woodland, scrub, and rocky country. It keeps close to dense vegetation, rocky slopes,…

Yucatan Wren
Campylorhynchus yucatanicus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Yucatan Wren is a wren of Central and South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It keeps close to dense vegetation, rocky…

Zapata Wren
Ferminia cerverai
Endangered≈ 1K-2.5K

The Zapata Wren is a wren of the Caribbean and Greater Antillean forests. It keeps close to dense vegetation, rocky slopes, or forest…