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House Wren Range Map

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Range Map for House Wren

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Short to medium-distance migrant. Most House Wrens in North America migrate to the southern U.S. and Mexico for winter.

Map data for South American distribution provided by Robert S. Ridgley, remaining distributional data are provided by NatureServe in collaboration with Robert Ridgely, James Zook, The Nature Conservancy - Migratory Bird Program, Conservation International - CABS, World Wildlife Fund - US, and Environment Canada - WILDSPACE.

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Wrens(Order: Passeriformes, Family: Troglodytidae)

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