Carolina Wren
Carolina Wren
Juvenile
- Small and stocky with pointed bill
- Tail often cocked at an angle
- Brown above, buffy below, with juvenile showing a paler belly than adult
- Prominent white eyebrow
- © Kelly Colgan Azar, PA, June 2010
Carolina Wren
Adult
- Stocky and large-headed with pointed bill
- Warm brown above and buffy orange below
- Tail barred with fine black markings
- Prominent white eyebrow
- © Kurt Hasselman, NJ, Higbee Beach WMA, Cape May Point, October 2009
Carolina Wren
Adult
- Cocked tail juts out from stocky body
- Slightly decurved bill
- Buffy underparts and cold white eyebrow
- Hearty, can tolerate snow and cold temperatures
- © Brian E. Kushner, NJ, Audubon, March 2009
Carolina Wren
Adult
- Short tail often raised above back
- Slightly decurved bill
- Warm brown above, buffy below, with bold white eyebrow
- Faint barring on wings
- © Michaela Sagatova, Ontario, Canada, November 2010
Carolina Wren
Adult
- Large-headed and stocky
- Short, rounded wings
- Brown above, buffy orange below
- Bold white eyebrow
- © Phillip Simmons, FL, Gemini Springs, DeBary, March 2010
Carolina Wren
Adult
- Slightly decurved bill
- Finely-barred tail often cocked above back
- Warm brown above, buffy below
- Bright white eyebrow
- © Kelly Colgan Azar, DE, November 2010
Carolina Wren
Adult
- Stocky with short tail
- Bold white eyebrow
- Barred tail and wings
- Commonly visits suet and seed feeders in winter
- © Isabel Cutler, NC, January 2010
Similar Species
Adult
- Superficially similar to Carolina Wren but longer-tailed
- Underparts ashy gray with no buff or orange
- Long tail barred with gray and black
- © Tripp Davenport, Deep Creek Ranch, Uvalde County, TX, February 2009
Adult
- Similar to Carolina Wren but grayer with longer tail
- Underparts ashy gray
- Mostly western but overlaps with Carolina Wren in eastern Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas
- © Ganesh Jayaraman, McClellan Ranch Park, Cupertino, CA, January 2010
Adult
- Smaller and more slender than Carolina Wren
- Plain face with no stripes or markings
- Gray-brown underparts
- © splinx1, Peoria, IL, April 2009