Winter Wren Photo Gallery
Plump round ball with a stubby tail that it usually holds up. Brown overall with barring on the belly, tail, and wings. Paler below.
© Brad Imhoff / Macaulay LibraryOhio, January 14, 2021Small wren with a short tail and thin bill. Brown overall, but paler below with darker barring on the wings, tail, and belly.
© Scott Martin / Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, January 06, 2020Often bobs its entire body as if doing squats while they nervously look around in the forest understory. In flight they rapidly beat their tiny wings to move short distances between cover.
© Jay McGowan / Macaulay LibraryNew York, November 14, 2014Not all videos have sound© Paul Jones / Macaulay LibraryOntario, October 03, 2020
Plump, round wren with a thin bill. Brown overall with darker barring on the wings, belly, and tail. Note pale white eyebrow.
© Fyn Kynd / Macaulay LibraryMaine, April 08, 2017Often bobs entire body as if doing squats while they nervously look around in the forest understory.
© Davey Walters / Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, December 04, 2016© Oliver Patrick / Macaulay LibraryConnecticut, November 27, 2020
Found in deciduous and evergreen forests with plenty of downed logs, standing dead trees, larger trees, and understory vegetation.
© Tim Lenz / Macaulay LibraryNew York, September 28, 2016Compare with Similar Species
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Species in This Family
Wrens(Order: Passeriformes, Family: Troglodytidae)
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