Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytes
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 32,094
- Most observed in
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The Eurasian wren is a very small insectivorous bird and the only member of the wren family found in the Old World, specifically in Eurasia and Africa (Maghreb). In Anglophone Europe, it is commonly known simply as the wren. It has a very short tail which is often held erect, a short neck and a relatively long thin bill. It is russet brown above, paler buff-brown below, overall finely barred darker, and has a cream buff supercilium. The sexes are alike.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Eurasian wren”.