House Wren
(Troglodytes aedon)

Overview

Summary

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The House Wren is a vocal and conspicuous bird across the open and shrubby habitats of southern Canada, from Quebec to the west coast. The Breeding Bird Survey indicates the House Wren has shown little overall change in abundance relative to 1970. The species has benefited from forest clearing during the settlement period and is tolerant of human activity (Johnson 2014).

Designations

Population status

Population estimate

Distribution maps

• BirdLife International / NatureServe
• North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS): Relative Abundance and Breeding Distribution (1970-2016)

Migration strategy, occurrence

Responsibility for conservation

General nesting period in Canada

Conservation and management

The House Wren readily adapts to small woodlots and forest edges across its North American range. The species is a cavity and crevice nester of deciduous forest edges, wooded swamps and parklands, but readily adapts to artificial nest boxes in urban treed backyards (Johnson 2014).

Bird conservation region strategies

Environment and Climate Change Canada and partners have developed Bird Conservation Region Strategies in each of Canada’s Bird Conservation Regions (BCRs). In these strategies, selected species are identified as priorities for one or more of the following reasons:

• conservation concerns (i.e., species vulnerable due to population size, distribution, population trend, abundance, or threats)
• stewardship responsibilities (i.e., species that typify the regional avifauna or have a large proportion of their range or population in the sub-region)
• management concerns (i.e., species that require ongoing management because of their socio-economic importance as game species, or because of their impacts on other species or habitats)
• other concerns (i.e., species deemed a priority by regional experts for other reasons than those listed above or because they are listed as species at risk or concern at the provincial level)

Select any of the sub-regions below to view the BCR strategy for additional details.

References

• Johnson, L.S. 2014. House Wren (Troglodytes aedon), The Birds of North America Online (P.G. Rodewald, ed.). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA. Johnson, L.S. 2014. House Wren (Troglodytes aedon), The Birds of North America Online (P.G. Rodewald, ed.). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA. (Link)