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Thryothorus ludovicianus (Carolina Wren)

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Infraspecies

Thryothorus ludovicianus albinucha (White-browed Wren)
Thryothorus ludovicianus berlandieri
Thryothorus ludovicianus burleighi
Thryothorus ludovicianus lomitensis
Thryothorus ludovicianus ludovicianus
Thryothorus ludovicianus miamensis
Thryothorus ludovicianus nesophilus
Thryothorus ludovicianus oberholseri
Thryothorus ludovicianus subfulvus
Thryothorus ludovicianus tropicalis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
23
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 8.83533
EDGE Score: 2.28598
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  20 grams
Birth Weight [3]  2 grams
Female Weight [1]  19 grams
Male Weight [1]  21 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  10.5 %
Breeding Habitat [2]  Temperate eastern forests
Wintering Geography [2]  Non-migrartory
Wintering Habitat [2]  Temperate eastern forests
Diet [4]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Frugivore, Granivore
Diet - Ectothermic [4]  20 %
Diet - Fruit [4]  10 %
Diet - Invertibrates [4]  60 %
Diet - Seeds [4]  10 %
Forages - Mid-High [4]  20 %
Forages - Understory [4]  40 %
Forages - Ground [4]  40 %
Clutch Size [5]  4
Clutches / Year [3]  1
Fledging [1]  14 days
Global Population (2017 est.) [2]  20,000,000
Incubation [3]  14 days
Mating System [6]  Monogamy
Maximum Longevity [3]  9 years
Female Maturity [3]  1 year
Male Maturity [3]  1 year

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

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Ecosystems

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands Mexico, United States No
Mesoamerica Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama No

Habitat Vegetation Classification

Name Location  Website 
Appalachian Ruderal Hardwood Forest United States (South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Georgia)
Black Oak - White Oak - Hickory Forest United States (Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Indiana); Canada (Ontario)
Interior Low Plateau Post Oak Dry Barrens United States (Illinois, Kentucky)
Pond-cypress Depression Forest United States (Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, North Carolina)
Post Oak - White Oak Dry-Mesic Barrens United States (Illinois)
Southern Red Oak - Mixed Oak Forest United States (Tennessee, Illinois, Kentucky)
West Gulf Coastal Plain Dry Loblolly Pine - Hardwood Forest United States (Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas)
West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Loblolly Pine - Mixed Hardwood Forest United States (Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana)
West Gulf Coastal Plain Ruderal Longleaf Pine Flatwoods, Fire-Suppressed Phase United States (Louisiana)
West Gulf Coastal Plain Subcalcareous Pine - Hardwood Slope & Stream Bottom Forest United States (Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma)
West Gulf Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna (High Terraces Type) United States (Louisiana, Texas)

Emblem of

South Carolina

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Buteo jamaicensis (Red-tailed Hawk)[7]
Procyon lotor (Raccoon)[7]
Strix varia (Barred Owl)[7]

Providers

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Dispharynx nasuta[8]

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Audio

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan 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
♦ 2Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018.
♦ 3de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 4Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 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
♦ 7Study of Northern Virginia Ecology
♦ 8Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Audio software provided by SoundManager 2
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