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 There are around 90 species of birds in this family. They are found in North and South America. They are found in forests, brushlands, deserts and marshes.
They are small birds between 3.5-8.5 inches in length. They have slender, long downcurved bills; short, rounded wings; and a short square or rounded tail.
They are usually brown in color with brown, black or white spots, streaks or bars. They usually forage on or near the ground for worms, insects, and other invertebrates.
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Status and range is taken from ICUN Redlist.
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Carolina Wren - Thryothorus ludovicianus 
The Carolina wren is found in the eastern U.S. It is also found in southeastern Canada and Mexico.
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Carolina Wren - Thryothorus ludovicianus
The Carolina wren does not migrate.
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House Wren - Troglodytes aedon
The house wren is found across the U.S. It is also found in Canada, Mexico, and throughout Central and South America.
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House Wren - Troglodytes aedon
The house wren is found in open shrubby woodlands and in backyards.
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House Wren - Troglodytes aedon
The house wren forages for insects in trees and brush and on the ground.
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Marsh Wren - Cistothorus palustris
The marsh wren is found across the most of the U.S., except for Alaska and Hawaii. It is also found in Canada and Mexico.
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Marsh Wren - Cistothorus palustris
The marsh wren is found in a variety of wetland habitats.
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Marsh Wren - Cistothorus palustris
Male marsh wrens mate with more than one female during the breeding season.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School Teacher Section: Yes
Sedge Wren - Cistothorus stellaris
The sedge wren is found in the eastern U.S. It is also found in Canada and Mexico.
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Winter Wren - Troglodytes hiemalis
The winter wren is found across much of Canada and the eastern U.S. into northeastern Mexico.
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Winter Wren - Troglodytes hiemalis
The winter wren forages for insects in dense underbrush.
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White-headed Wren - Campylorhynchus albobrunneus
The white-headed wren is found in Colombia and Panama.
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Cactus Wren - Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
The cactus wren is found in desert areas of southern California, southern Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, western Texas, and Mexico.
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Cactus Wren - Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
The female cactus wren often builds her nest in a cholla cactus.
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Giant Wren - Campylorhynchus chiapensis
The giant wren is found in Mexico.
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Rufous-backed Wren - Campylorhynchus capistratus
The rufous-backed wren is found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua.
Source: HBW Alive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School Teacher Section: No
Spotted Wren - Campylorhynchus gularis
The spotted wren is found in Mexico.
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Sclater's Wren - Campylorhynchus humilis
Sclater's wren is found in Mexico.
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Boucard's Wren - Campylorhynchus jocosus
Boucard's wren is found in Mexico.
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Gray-barred Wren - Campylorhynchus megalopterus
The gray-barred wren is found in Mexico.
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Rufous-naped Wren - Campylorhynchus rufinucha
The rufous-napped wren is found in Mexico.
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Yucatan Wren - Campylorhynchus yucatanicus
The Yucatan wren is found in Mexico.
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Band-backed Wren - Campylorhynchus zonatus
The band-backed wren is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama.
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Stripe-throated Wren - Cantorchilus leucopogon
The stripe-throated wren is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama.
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Buff-breasted Wren - Cantorchilus leucotis
The buff-breasted wren is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
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Plain Wren - Cantorchilus modestus
The plain wren is found in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama.
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Bay Wren - Cantorchilus nigricapillus
The bay wren is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Panama.
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Riverside Wren - Cantorchilus semibadius
The riverside wren is found in Costa Rica and Panama.
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Stripe-breasted Wren - Cantorchilus thoracicus
The stripe-breasted wren is found in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.
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Canebrake Wren - Cantorchilus zeledoni
The canebrake wren is found in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.
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Canyon Wren - Catherpes mexicanus
The canyon wren is found in the western U.S. It is also found in Canada and Mexico.
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Canyon Wren - Catherpes mexicanus
The canyon wren usually makes its home in places where there are cliffs, canyons, rocky outcrops, or boulder piles.
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Grass Wren - Cistothorus platensis
The grass wren is found in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.
Source: HBW Alive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School Teacher Section: No
Sedge Wren - Cistothorus stellaris
In the U.S. the sedge wren is found from North Dakota east to New York and south to Texas and Florida.
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Song Wren - Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus
The song wren is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama.
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Zapata Wren - Ferminia cerverai
The Zapata wren is found in Cuba.
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Gray-breasted Wood-wren - Henicorhina leucophrys
The gray-breasted wood-wren is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.
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White-breasted Wood-wren - Henicorhina leucosticta
The white-breasted wood-wren is found in Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
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Nava's Wren - Hylorchilus navai
Nava's wren is found in Mexico.
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Sumichrast's Wren - Hylorchilus sumichrasti
Sumichrast's wren is found in Mexico.
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Southern Nightingale-wren - Microcerculus marginatus
The southern nightingale-wren is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela..
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Northern Nightingale-wren - Microcerculus philomela
The northern nightingale-wren is found in Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua.
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Black-throated Wren - Pheugopedius atrogularis
Theblack-throated wren is found in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.
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Black-bellied Wren - Pheugopedius fasciatoventris
The black-bellied wren is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama.
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Happy Wren - Pheugopedius felix
The happy wren is found in Mexico.
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Spot-breasted Wren - Pheugopedius maculipectus
The spot-breasted wren is found in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua.
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Rufous-breasted Wren - Pheugopedius rutilus
The rufous-breasted wren is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.
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Sooty-headed Wren - Pheugopedius spadix
The sooty-headed wren is found in Colombia and Panama.
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Rock Wren - Salpinctes obsoletus
The rock wren is found in the western U.S. It is also found in Canada, Mexico and Central America.
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Bewick's Wren - Thryomanes bewickii
Bewick's wren is found from southwestern Canada south through western and central U.S. into Mexico.
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Banded Wren - Thryothorus pleurostictus
The banded wren is found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua
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Rufous-and-white Wren - Thryothorus rufalbus
The rufous-and-white -wren is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and Venezuela
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Sinaloa Wren - Thryothorus sinaloa
The Sinaloa wren is found in Mexico.
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Timberline Wren - Thryorchilus browni
The timberline wren is found in Costa Rica and Panama.
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White-browed Wren - Thryothorus albinucha
The white-browed wren is found in Belize, Guatemala, Mexico, and Nicaragua.
Source: HBW Alive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School Teacher Section: No
Cozumel Wren - Troglodytes beani
The Cozumel wren is found in Mexico.
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Ochraceous Wren - Troglodytes ochraceus
The Ochraceous wren is found in Costa Rica and Panama.
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Pacific Wren - Troglodytes pacificus
The Pacific wren is found along the Pacific coast from Alaska to California.
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Rufous-browed Wren - Troglodytes rufociliatus
The rufous-browed wren is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua.
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Socorro Wren - Troglodytes sissonii
The Socorro wren is only found on Isla Socorro in the Revillagigedo Islands in Mexico.
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Clarion Wren - Troglodytes tanneri
The clarion wren nightingale-wren is found on Isla Clarión in the Revillagigedo Islands in Mexico.
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White-bellied Wren - Uropsila leucogastra
The white-bellied wren is found in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico.
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Fasciated Wren - Campylorhynchus fasciatus
The faciated wren is found in Ecuador and Peru.
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Bicolored Wren - Campylorhynchus griseus
The bicolored wren is found in Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, and Venezuela.
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Stripe-backed Wren - Campylorhynchus nuchalis
The stripe-backed wren is found in Colombia and Venezuela.
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Thrush-like Wren - Campylorhynchus turdinus
The thrush-like wren is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Peru.
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Gray Wren - Cantorchilus griseus
The gray wren is found in Brazil.
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Fawn-breasted Wren - Cantorchilus guarayanus
The fawn-breasted wren is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay.
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Long-billed Wren - Cantorchilus longirostris
The long-billed wren is found in Brazil.
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Superciliated Wren - Cantorchilus superciliaris
The superciliated wren is found in Ecuador and Peru.
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Fulvous Wren - Cinnycerthia fulva
The fulvous wren is found in Bolivia and Peru.
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Sharpe's Wren - Cinnycerthia olivascens
Sharpe's wren is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
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Peruvian Wren - Cinnycerthia peruana
The Peruvian wren is found in Peru.
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Rufous Wren - Cinnycerthia unirufa
The rufous wren is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
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Apolinar's Wren - Cistothorus apolinari
Apolinar's wren is found in Colombia.
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Merida Wren - Cistothorus meridae
The Merida wren is found in Venezuela.
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Musician Wren - Cyphorhinus arada
The musician wren is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
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Chestnut-breasted Wren - Cyphorhinus thoracicus
The chestnut-breasted wren is found in Bolivia and Peru.
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Hermit Wood-wren - Henicorhina anachoreta
The hermit wood-wren is found in Colombia.
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Bar-winged Wood-wren - Henicorhina leucoptera
The bar-winged wood-wren is found in Ecuador and Peru.
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Munchique Wood-wren - Henicorhina negreti
The Munchique wood-wren is found in Colombia.
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Wing-banded Wren - Microcerculus bambla
The wing-banded wren is found in Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
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Flutist Wren - Microcerculus ustulatus
The flutist wren is found in Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela.
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Gray-mantled Wren - Odontorchilus branickii
The gray-mantled wren is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
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Tooth-billed Wren - Odontorchilus cinereus
The tooth-billed wren is found in Bolivia and Brazil.
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Colombian Wren - Pheugopedius columbianus
The Colombian wren is found in Colombia.
Source: HBW Alive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School Teacher Section: No
Coraya Wren - Pheugopedius coraya
The Coraya wren is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
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Inca Wren - Pheugopedius eisenmanni
The Inca wren is found in Peru.
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Plain-tailed Wren - Pheugopedius euophrys
The plain-tailed wren is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
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Moustached Wren - Pheugopedius genibarbis
The moustached wren is found in Boliva, Brazil and Peru.
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Whiskered Wren - Pheugopedius mystacalis
The whiskered wren is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.
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Speckle-breasted Wren - Pheugopedius paucimaculatus
The speckle-breasted wren is found in Ecuador and Peru.
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Gray-browed Wren - Pheugopedius schulenbergi
The gray-browed wren is found in Peru.
Source: HBW Alive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School Teacher Section: No
Maranon Wren - Pheugopedius sclateri
The Maranon wren is found in Ecuador and Peru.
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Niceforo's Wren - Thryothorus nicefori
Niceforo's wren is found in Colombia.
Source: HBW Alive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School Teacher Section: No
Antioquia Wren - Thryophilus sernai
The Antioquia wren is found in Colombia .
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Cobb's Wren - Troglodytes cobbi
Cobb's wren is found in the Falkland Islands.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School Teacher Section: Yes
Santa Marta Wren - Troglodytes monticola
The Santa Marta wren is found in Colombia.
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Tepui Wren - Troglodytes rufulus
The Tepui wren is found in Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela.
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Northern Wren - Troglodytes troglodytes
The northern wren is found across much of Europe. It is also found in northern Africa and in Asia.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School Teacher Section: Yes
Mountain Wren - Troglodytes solstitialis
The mountain wren is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
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Endangered in US
Threatened in NH 
Endangered in NH 
Introduced
