Listen to the Happy wren
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About the Happy wren
The Happy wren is a bird in the family Troglodytidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Happy wren sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as song. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The happy wren (Pheugopedius felix) is a species of bird in the family Troglodytidae. It is endemic to the Pacific slope of western Mexico, from the state of Sonora to the state of Oaxaca, and also on islands west of the Mexican coast. As with other species of Pheugopedius, older sources (e.g. Howell and Webb) classify it within genus Thryothorus. Some authorities have treated it as a subspecies of P. rutilus or P. sclateri. There is significant geographical variation, and six subspecies are recognized: P. f. sonorae is found in southern Sonora and northern Sinaloa; P. f. pallidus is found in central Sinaloa, western Durango and southwards to Jalisco and Michoacán; P. f. lawrencii and P. f. magdalenae are found on different islands of the Islas Marías; P. f. grandis is found in the Balsas River basin, and the nominate subspecies, P. f. felix in southwestern Mexico from Jalisco to Oaxaca.
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More from the family Troglodytidae
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Northern house wren
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Carolina wren
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Bewick's wren
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Grey-mantled wren
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Band-backed wren
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Frequently asked questions
What does a Happy wren sound like?
You can hear 2 recordings of the Happy wren on this page, including its song. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the Happy wren endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Happy wren as “least concern”.
What family does the Happy wren belong to?
The Happy wren (Pheugopedius felix) belongs to the family Troglodytidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Happy Wren (Pheugopedius felix) (W1CDR0000227 BD8) – CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Bachomobempo, Ahome, Sinaloa, Mexico by Jovani León – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q4758971 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Happy wren – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Francesco Veronesi from Italy – CC BY-SA 2.0