Bird Guide

Marsh Wren

Cistothorus palustris ORDER: PASSERIFORMES FAMILY: TROGLODYTIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

A common and noisy inhabitant of cattail marshes, the Marsh Wren sings all day and throughout the night.

Songs

Song (Eastern)

Recorded by William W. H. Gunn
Ontario, Canada June 1992
Song (Western)

Recorded by Kevin J. Colver
California June 1990
Song (Western)

Recorded by David C. Moyer
California June 1990
Countersinging (Western)

Recorded by Thomas G. Sander
California May 1988

Macaulay Library

Song a gurgling, rattling trill.

Calls

Call (Eastern)

Recorded by Thomas H. Davis
New York June 1980
Male call during nestbuilding

Recorded by Mark B. Robbins
New Jersey April 1990
Scold call

Recorded by Geoffrey A. Keller
Florida May 1994
Call and song (Western)

Recorded by Robert C. Stein
British Columbia, Canada June 1959
Juvenile call

Recorded by Geoffrey A. Keller
Oregon June 1989

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