Northern House Wren
Troglodytes aedonVieillot, LJP, 1809
English (US) Northern House Wren
The Northern House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Troglodytidae (Wrens) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Troglodytes aedon
- Family
- Troglodytidae (Wrens)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Northern House Wren
- Described by
- Vieillot, LJP, 1809
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Troglodytes aedon parkmanii
- Troglodytes aedon aedon
- Troglodytes aedon cahooni
- Troglodytes aedon brunneicollis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Troglodytes aëdon
- Described by
- Vieillot, LJP, 1809
- Type locality
- no locality; New York City designated by Oberholser, 1934, Ohio Journ. Sci., 34, p. 87.
- Original description
- Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de l'Amérique Septentrionale, depuis Saint Dominique jusqu'à la baie de Hudson; contenant un grand nombre d'espèces décrites ou figurées pour la première fois 2 p.52 pl.107
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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