![]() ![]() The only time I was in Europe I missed this one. Photo by Rainbirder (Steve Garvie) - Loch of Kinnordy Angus, Scotland Sizes: Full size: 1200x828 These wee insectivorous birds are always hit hard during prolonged frozen weather. Most human ears cannot resolve individual notes delivered as rapidly as the Pacific and Eurasian Wrens’, giving them a buzzier quality. Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) Range: PAL info. (That’s why I use it as my ringtone.) All three songs have pretty much the same assortment of notes, but the Winter Wren’s are delivered about half as rapidly. Of the three species, to my ears the Winter Wren has the loveliest song. When I started birding, all three of these wrens were considered the same species, called the “Winter Wren” by the American Ornithologists’ Union and the Wren by the British Ornithologists’ Union. The belief is that this species crossed via the Bering Strait into Asia and extended its range from there. The northernmost wren in America is the Pacific Wren (which not that long ago was considered conspecific with the Winter Wren). Characteristics One of Japans smallest wild birds. Ornithologists believe the wren family originated in the American tropics and radiated from there. Eurasian Wren Eurasian Wren Sings loudly for its small size. ![]() It is migratory only in the northern parts of its range. The Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) is a tiny songbird with a surprisingly loud and vibrant song. Call is a harsh low churr, and also a loud tek often repeated. The song is a mixture of trills and rattling warblers, ending in prolonged dry rattling trill. ![]() and Europe across the Palearctic, including a belt of Asia from northern Iran and Afghanistan across to Japan. Eurasian Wren’s song is very loud and strong for a tiny bird. This would be the only wren Shakespeare could have been familiar with, because it’s the only wren found in the Old World, ranging from the U.K. And females may move on to another male as soon as their brood fledges. Males mate with as many females as they can attract to their stick nests–usually one or two but occasionally three. “Die for adultery? No! The wren goes to ‘t.” Shakespeare’s King Lear understood the mating habits of wrens. ![]()
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