World Species : Troglodytes troglodytes (Eurasian Wren; Northern Wren)

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Troglodytes troglodytes (Eurasian Wren; Northern Wren)

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Synonyms: Motacilla troglodytes (homotypic); Nannus troglodytes; Troglodytes parvulus; Troglodytes vulgaris

Language: French; Spanish

Wikipedia Abstract

The Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) is a very small bird, and the only member of the wren family Troglodytidae found in Eurasia and Africa (Maghreb). In Anglophone Europe, it is commonly known simply as the wren. It was once lumped with Troglodytes hiemalis of eastern North America and Troglodytes pacificus of western North America as the winter wren. The Eurasian wren occurs in Europe, a belt of Asia from northern Iran and Afghanistan across to Japan. It is migratory in only the northern parts of its range. It is also highly polygynous, an unusual mating system for passerines.

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Infraspecies

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0)

Unique (100)

Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0)

Unique & Vulnerable (100)

ED Score: 9.67374

EDGE Score: 2.36779

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Attributes

Adult Weight ^[1]	9 grams
Birth Weight ^[2]	1 grams

Diet ^[3]	Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Piscivore, Frugivore, Granivore
Diet - Ectothermic ^[3]	10 %
Diet - Fish ^[3]	10 %
Diet - Fruit ^[3]	10 %
Diet - Invertibrates ^[3]	60 %
Diet - Seeds ^[3]	10 %
Forages - Understory ^[3]	50 %
Forages - Ground ^[3]	50 %

Clutch Size ^[5]	6
Clutches / Year ^[2]	1
Fledging ^[4]	17 days
Incubation ^[2]	15 days
Mating Display ^[6]	Ground and non-acrobatic aerial display
Mating System ^[6]	Monogamy (mostly)
Maximum Longevity ^[2]	7 years
Wing Span ^[7]	6 inches (.15 m)

Female Maturity ^[2]	1 year
Male Maturity ^[2]	1 year

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Prey / Diet

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Prey / Diet Overlap

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Predators

Accipiter striatus (Sharp-shinned Hawk)

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Providers

Shelter
Rosa canina (Dog Rose)	^[8]

Consumers

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Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
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♦ ⁴Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ ⁵Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ ⁶Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ ⁷British Trust for Ornithology
♦ ⁸Ecology of Commanster
♦ ⁹Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ ¹⁰International Flea Database
♦ ¹¹Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London

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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0