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House wren - (Troglodytes aedon)

 House wren

 House wren

 House wren

Size: 5 inches
Overall Color: grayish brown
Occurrence: town
Diet: insects
Nest: cavity
Field Identification: short often cocked tail, barred tail
Season: winter

House wren
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Troglodytidae (wrens)
Genus: Troglodytes
species: aedon

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