Bewick's Wren

Thryomanes bewickii

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Troglodytidae
Genus
Thryomanes
eBird Code
bewwre

Subspecies (15)

  • Thryomanes bewickii bewickii

    eastern North America, from northeastern Kansas and southern Iowa eastward to southern Ontario and central Pennsylvania, southward to northern Arkansas, northern Alabama, and central South Carolina; but extirpated from most of its range east of the Mississippi River

  • Thryomanes bewickii brevicauda

    formerly Guadalupe Island (off Baja California); extinct ca. 1903

  • Thryomanes bewickii calophonus

    southwestern British Columbia to western Washington and western Oregon

  • Thryomanes bewickii cerroensis

    west-central Baja California (30° to 26°N) and Isla Cedros

  • Thryomanes bewickii charienturus

    southwestern California (northward to Morro Bay), including the northern Channel Islands, and northwestern Baja California, Mexico

  • Thryomanes bewickii cryptus

    western Kansas southward to central, eastern Texas (south-central USA) and northeastern Mexico

  • Thryomanes bewickii drymoecus

    southwestern Oregon to California (Sacramento and northern San Joaquin valleys)

  • Thryomanes bewickii eremophilus

    eastern California to Utah, Wyoming, western Texas, and west-central Mexico

  • Thryomanes bewickii leucophrys

    formerly San Clemente Island (off southern California); extinct, last reported in 1941

  • Thryomanes bewickii magdalenensis

    southern Baja California south of 26°N

  • Thryomanes bewickii marinensis

    coastal California (Del Norte County to Marin County)

  • Thryomanes bewickii mexicanus

    central and southern Mexico

  • Thryomanes bewickii pulichi

    central USA, in Kansas, Oklahoma, and presumably north-central Texas, and eastward, perhaps, to Missouri; mostly resident, but some winter in south-central Texas and perhaps northeastern Mexico

  • Thryomanes bewickii sadai

    southernmost Texas (USA) and northeastern Mexico (southward to central Tamaulipas)

  • Thryomanes bewickii spilurus

    coastal central California (San Francisco to Monterey Bay)

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.