NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
House Wren
Troglodytes aedon Vieillot, 1809
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Northern House Wren. Point Meadows. Glastonbury, CT USA
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Open encyclopedia reference
The northern house wren (Troglodytes aedon) is a very small passerine in the wren family Troglodytidae. It is found in southern Canada, the USA and Mexico. It occurs in most suburban areas in its range. It formerly included many subspecies resident in South America and in the Caribbean that are now considered as separate species. The name troglodytes means "hole dweller", and is a reference to the bird's tendency to disappear into crevices when hunting insects or to seek shelter.
Wikipedia contributors, Northern house wren; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T01:57:58.604811+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Troglodytes aedon Vieillot, 1809
- Name authority
- Vieillot, 1809
- Common name
- House Wren
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Troglodytidae
- Genus
- Troglodytes
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyTroglodytidae Swainson, 1832
- genusTroglodytes Vieillot, 1809
- speciesTroglodytes aedon Vieillot, 1809
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Troglodytes. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Ochraceous WrenTroglodytes ochraceus Ridgway, 1882 | TroglodytidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificus S. F. Baird, 1864 | TroglodytidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tepui WrenTroglodytes rufulus Cabanis, 1848 | TroglodytidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Socorro WrenTroglodytes sissonii (Grayson, 1868) | TroglodytidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Clarion WrenTroglodytes tanneri C. H. Townsend, 1890 | TroglodytidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Santa Marta WrenTroglodytes monticola Bangs, 1899 | TroglodytidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Troglodytes cobbi Chubb, 1909 | TroglodytidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Troglodytes hiemalis Vieillot, 1819 | TroglodytidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rufous-browed WrenTroglodytes rufociliatus Sharpe, 1882 | TroglodytidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mountain WrenTroglodytes solstitialis P. L. Sclater, 1859 | TroglodytidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Winter WrenTroglodytes troglodytes (Linnaeus, 1758) | TroglodytidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=178541 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:598SY. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.