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Northern House Wren
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Songbirds & other perching birds

Northern House Wren

Troglodytes aedon Vieillot, 1809

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishNorthern House Wren
DutchHuiswinterkoning
SpanishSaltapared Común
Chinese莺鹪鹩
Sranan Tongogadofowru
Sranan Tongogadotyo
Scientific nameTroglodytes aedon Vieillot, 1809

About this species

The northern house wren (Troglodytes aedon) is a very small passerine in the wren family Troglodytidae. It is found in southern Canada, the USA and Mexico. It occurs in most suburban areas in its range. It formerly included many subspecies resident in South America and in the Caribbean that are now considered as separate species. The name troglodytes means "hole dweller", and is a reference to the bird's tendency to disappear into crevices when hunting insects or to seek shelter.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyTroglodytidae
GenusTroglodytes

In Suriname

73Records in Suriname
1911First record
2026Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Paramaribo24
  • Commewijne4
  • Brokopondo1
  • Sipaliwini1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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