Listen to the Pacific wren
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About the Pacific wren
The Pacific wren is a bird in the family Troglodytidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Pacific 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 call. 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 Pacific wren (Troglodytes pacificus) is a very small North American bird and a member of the mainly New World wren family Troglodytidae. The species was formerly lumped together with either the winter wren (Troglodytes hiemalis) of eastern North America alone, or also with the Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) of Eurasia, then under the merged name of northern wren with the scientific name T. troglodytes having priority.
It breeds along the Pacific coast from Alaska to California and inland as far as Wyoming and the Black Hills of South Dakota. It migrates through and winters across the western half of the United States and Canada.
Related birds in the genus Troglodytes
More from the family Troglodytidae
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Rock wren
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Musician wren
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Grey-mantled wren
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Band-backed wren
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Southern nightingale-wren
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Buff-breasted wren
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Frequently asked questions
What does a Pacific wren sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the Pacific wren on this page, including its call. 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 Pacific wren endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Pacific wren as “least concern”.
What family does the Pacific wren belong to?
The Pacific wren (Troglodytes pacificus) belongs to the family Troglodytidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Call · Saanich (near Victoria), Capital, British Columbia by Alejandro Erickson – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q10680158 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Pacific wren – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Anonymous Unknown author – Public domain