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Southern House Wren
Nicolás Villaseca Merino, CC BY-SA 4.0, via iNaturalist

Songbirds & other perching birds

Southern House Wren

Troglodytes musculus J.F.Naumann, 1823

Names

EnglishSouthern House Wren
DutchZuidelijke huiswinterkoning
SpanishSaltapared Común Sureño
Chinese南鹪鹩
Sranan Tongogadofowru
Sranan Tongogadotyo
Scientific nameTroglodytes musculus J.F.Naumann, 1823

About this species

The southern house wren (Troglodytes musculus) is a very small passerine bird in the wren family Troglodytidae. It is found from southern Mexico to southern Chile and southern Argentina. 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. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the northern house wren (Troglodytes aedon).

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyTroglodytidae
GenusTroglodytes

In Suriname

2,215Records in Suriname
47iNaturalist observations
1866First record
2026Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Paramaribo733
  • Commewijne701
  • Para239
  • Sipaliwini124
  • Nickerie114
  • Wanica58
  • Brokopondo54
  • Saramacca34
  • Coronie17
  • Marowijne15

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

Records by month

All years combined.

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