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Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes

Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): Northern Wren, Wren, Holarctic Wren
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park, King County, Washington, USA - Feb 12, 2006 © William Hull  Karuizawa, Nagano-ken, Japan - May 13, 2001 © William Hull  St. Paul Island, Alaska, USA - Jun 28, 2007 © Glen Tepke  St. Paul Island, Alaska, USA - Jun 28, 2007 © Glen Tepke  England - Date unknown © Andy Bright 
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Range

Holarctic;
(1) Iceland.
(2) Faroe Is.
(3) N. Scotland (Shetland Is.).
(4) N. Scotland (Fair Isle s. of Shetland Is.).
(5) W. Scotland (Outer Hebrides, St. Kilda Is.).
(6) W. Scotland (Outer Hebrides).
(7) Ireland, Scotland and England.
(8) Europe s. from c. Scandinavia e. to the Ural Mountains and s. to Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece.
(9) Nw. Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia) and the Balearic Is. Possibly also s. Spain.
(10) Corsica and Sardinia.
(11) Ne. Libya from ca. Tocra Pass e. to Darnah.
(12) N. Middle East s. to n. Israel and e. Mediterranean Is. (Crete, Rhodes, Cyprus).
(13) Crimea, n. Turkey, Caucasus Mountain, and n. Iran.
(14) W. Iran (Zagros Mountains).
(15) Mountains in Transcaspia in Turkestan, and e. Kazakhstan from the Tien Shan (possibly from the Altai) s. to Pamir Mountains and e. Afghanistan.
(16) Ne. Iran e. to Uzbekistan and nw. Afghanistan.
(17) Se. Afghanistan and w. Pakistan.
(18) W. Himalayas fron nw. India (Gilgit) e. to w. Nepal.
(19) C. and e. Himalayas from Nepal e. to ne. India and s. Tibet.
(20) Nc. China (ne. Quinghai and Gansu e. to Hebei).
(21) Wc. China (e. Xizang, se. Quinghai and w. Sichuan).
(22) Ne. Burma and s. China (s. Sichuan and n. Yunnan).
(23) Ne. Asia in se. Siberia, ne. China, Korea, and Tsushima Is. off sw. Japan.
(24) Kamchatka Peninsula and Commander Is.
(25) N. Kuril Is.
(26) S. Kuril Is., Sakhalin Is., Japan and the Quelpart Is. and Iki Is.
(27) Iku and Borodino Is. off se. Honshu, Japan.
(28) Daito Is. off Japan.
(29) Tanegashima and Yakushima Is. off s. Kyushu, Japan.
(30) Taiwan.
(31) Pribilof Is. (St. George, St. Paul, and Otter Is.).
(32) W. Aleutian Is. (Attu, Buldir, and Agatta).
(33) W. Aleutian Is. (Kiska, Little Kiska, Amchitka, and Oginga).
(34) Wc. Aleutain Is. (Tanaga, Adak, and Atka).
(35) C. Aleutians Is. (Seguam, Amutka, Yunaska).
(36) E. Aleutains Is. (Unalaska).
(37) W. Alaska Peninsula, Amak Is., and Amagat Is.
(38) Is. off the s. Alaska Peninsula (Baranoff, Admiralty, Chichagof, Mitkof, and Kupreanof).
(39) Semidi Is. off s. Alaska Peninsula.
(40) Kodiak Is. and Afognak Is. off s. Alaska.
(41) Se. Alaska, w. Canada (sw. Yukon, British Columbia, and sw. Alberta)s. in the w. United States (ne. Oregon, c. Idaho and w. Montana). Non-breeding birds occur s. to Arizona and s. California.
(42) Coastal w. United State from sw. Oregon to c. California.
(43) Interior w. United States from Oregon s. of the Cascades s. to ec. California and along the coast from San Francisco s., and Nevada.
(44) C. and s. Canada (c. Saskatchewan, se. Manitoba, s. Ontario e. to s. Labrador and Newfoundland) and c. and e. United States (ec. Minnesota, s. Wisconsin, s. Michigan and probably nc. Ohio, n. Pennsylvania, n. New Jersey, and se. New York). Non-breeding occur in s. Canada (s. Ontario) s. to Texas and Florida and rarely to ne. Mexico.
(45) Se. United States in the Appalchians of Virginia, and West Virginia, e. Tennessee, w. North Caroline, and ne. Georgia.

Videos

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Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Frans van der Veen
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Frans van der Veen
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Frans van der Veen
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: The Royal British Columbia Museum
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Avisoft
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Pintails Home (Kim Hyun-Tae)
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Biological Research Information Center, BRIC of Korea
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: ETI BioInformatics

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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