Wrens

Wrens are a family, Troglodytidae, of small brown passerine birds. The family includes 96 species and is divided into 19 genera. All species are restricted to the New World except for the Eurasian wren that is widely distributed in the Old World.

Species in this family

• White-headed Wren Campylorhynchus albobrunneus
• Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
• Giant Wren Campylorhynchus chiapensis
• Fasciated Wren Campylorhynchus fasciatus
• Bicoloured Wren Campylorhynchus griseus
• Spotted Wren Campylorhynchus gularis
• Boucard's Wren Campylorhynchus jocosus
• Grey-barred Wren Campylorhynchus megalopterus
• Stripe-backed Wren Campylorhynchus nuchalis
• Rufous-naped Wren Campylorhynchus rufinucha
• Thrush-like Wren Campylorhynchus turdinus
• Yucatan Wren Campylorhynchus yucatanicus
• Band-backed Wren Campylorhynchus zonatus
• Isthmian Wren Cantorchilus elutus
• Grey Wren Cantorchilus griseus
• Fawn-breasted Wren Cantorchilus guarayanus
• Stripe-throated Wren Cantorchilus leucopogon
• Buff-breasted Wren Cantorchilus leucotis
• Long-billed Wren Cantorchilus longirostris
• Cabanis's Wren Cantorchilus modestus
• Bay Wren Cantorchilus nigricapillus
• Riverside Wren Cantorchilus semibadius
• Superciliated Wren Cantorchilus superciliaris
• Stripe-breasted Wren Cantorchilus thoracicus
• Canebrake Wren Cantorchilus zeledoni
• Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus
• Fulvous Wren Cinnycerthia fulva
• Sharpe's Wren Cinnycerthia olivascens
• Peruvian Wren Cinnycerthia peruana
• Rufous Wren Cinnycerthia unirufa
• Apolinar's Wren Cistothorus apolinari
• Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
• Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
• Sedge Wren Cistothorus stellaris
• Musician Wren Cyphorhinus arada
• Song Wren Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus
• Chestnut-breasted Wren Cyphorhinus thoracicus
• Zapata Wren Ferminia cerverai
• Hermit Wood-Wren Henicorhina anachoreta
• Grey-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucophrys
• Bar-winged Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucoptera
• White-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucosticta
• Munchique Wood-Wren Henicorhina negreti
• Nava's Wren Hylorchilus navai
• Sumichrast's Wren Hylorchilus sumichrasti
• Wing-banded Wren Microcerculus bambla
• Scaly-breasted Wren Microcerculus marginatus
• Nightingale Wren Microcerculus philomela
• Flutist Wren Microcerculus ustulatus
• Grey-mantled Wren Odontorchilus branickii
• Tooth-billed Wren Odontorchilus cinereus
• Black-throated Wren Pheugopedius atrogularis
• Coraya Wren Pheugopedius coraya
• Inca Wren Pheugopedius eisenmanni
• Plain-tailed Wren Pheugopedius euophrys
• Black-bellied Wren Pheugopedius fasciatoventris
• Happy Wren Pheugopedius felix
• Moustached Wren Pheugopedius genibarbis
• Spot-breasted Wren Pheugopedius maculipectus
• Whiskered Wren Pheugopedius mystacalis
• Rufous-breasted Wren Pheugopedius rutilus
• Speckle-breasted Wren Pheugopedius sclateri
• Sooty-headed Wren Pheugopedius spadix
• Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
• Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
• Niceforo's Wren Thryophilus nicefori
• Banded Wren Thryophilus pleurostictus
• Rufous-and-white Wren Thryophilus rufalbus
• Antioquia Wren Thryophilus sernai
• Sinaloa Wren Thryophilus sinaloa
• Timberline Wren Thryorchilus browni
• Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
• Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
• Cobb's Wren Troglodytes cobbi
• Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
• Santa Marta Wren Troglodytes monticola
• Ochraceous Wren Troglodytes ochraceus
• Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
• Rufous-browed Wren Troglodytes rufociliatus
• Tepui Wren Troglodytes rufulus
• Socorro Wren Troglodytes sissonii
• Mountain Wren Troglodytes solstitialis
• Clarion Wren Troglodytes tanneri
• Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
• White-bellied Wren Uropsila leucogastra

Lookalikes compared

• Banded Wren vs Cabanis's Wren
• Bay Wren vs Grey-breasted Wood-Wren
• Black-bellied Wren vs Banded Wren
• Cabanis's Wren vs White-bellied Wren
• Cabanis's Wren vs White-breasted Wood-Wren
• Canebrake Wren vs Bay Wren
• Canebrake Wren vs Isthmian Wren
• Grass Wren vs Band-backed Wren
• Isthmian Wren vs Bay Wren
• Marsh Wren vs Carolina Wren
• Northern House Wren vs Chestnut-breasted Wren
• Northern House Wren vs Ochraceous Wren
• Northern House Wren vs Sinaloa Wren
• Ochraceous Wren vs Rufous-breasted Wren
• Ochraceous Wren vs Rufous-naped Wren
• Rock Wren vs Scaly-breasted Wren
• Rufous-breasted Wren vs Banded Wren
• Rufous-browed Wren vs Rufous-naped Wren
• Rufous-naped Wren vs Rufous-breasted Wren
• Rufous-naped Wren vs Spot-breasted Wren
• Scaly-breasted Wren vs Ochraceous Wren
• White-bellied Wren vs Grey-breasted Wood-Wren
• White-bellied Wren vs White-breasted Wood-Wren
• Winter Wren vs Sedge Wren