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The Carolina wren was first described under the name of Sylvia ludoviciana by John Latham in 1790. [3] [note 1] Louis Pierre Vieillot considered all wrens under the genus Troglodytes and called the Carolina wren Troglodytes arundinaceus, but placed it subsequently in a separate genus Thryothorus (initially misspelled Thriothorus) [2] that he created in 1816.
The Eurasian wren has been recorded wading into shallow water to catch small fish and tadpoles; Sumichrast's wren and the Zapata wren take snails; and the giant wren and marsh wren have been recorded attacking and eating bird eggs (in the latter species, even eggs of conspecifics). [1]
The house wren complex has been split into eight species: Northern house wren, Troglodytes aedon; Southern house wren, Troglodytes musculus; Cozumel wren, Troglodytes beani; Kalinago wren, Troglodytes martinicensis; St. Lucia wren, Troglodytes mesoleucus; St. Vincent wren, Troglodytes musicus; Grenada wren, Troglodytes grenadensis; Cobb's wren ...
The South Carolina state bird loves to stay all year. Learn how to spot one and attract it to your yard. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...
Egg laying takes place between mid-March and mid-April. [2] The eggs are similar to those of the house wren, but larger and more elongated. They measure approximately 20×14 mm and also are colored basically like those of house wrens but with fewer and crisper markings noticeably denser at the blunt end. [2]
Inoculating eggs with live virus was the first step to producing a vaccine. AP Photo Over the past 60 years, the influenza virus has continued to drift and shift. In 1968 , a shift once again ...
The first case of bird flu in a human in Ohio has been reported, according to officials.. A farm worker from Mercer County, Ohio, located on the state's western border along Indiana, came into ...
The Carolina wren is the state bird of South Carolina. This list of birds of South Carolina includes species documented in the U.S. state of South Carolina and accepted by the South Carolina Bird Records Committee (SCBRC) of the Carolina Bird Club. As of mid 2021, there were 446 species definitively included in the official list.