Southern House Wren

Troglodytes musculus

IUCN: Not Evaluated

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Troglodytidae
Genus
Troglodytes
eBird Code
houwre4

Vocalizations

Carlos Eduardo Santos Feitosa · CC_BY_4_0
Naelin · CC_BY_4_0
Evan Centanni · CC0_1_0
Ezequiel Vera · CC_BY_4_0
Malena Lorente · CC_BY_4_0
Tiago Lubiana · CC0_1_0
Jens N. Lallensack · CC0_1_0

Subspecies (21)

  • Troglodytes musculus albicans

    southwestern Colombia and western Ecuador

  • Troglodytes musculus atacamensis

    northern Chile (Antofagasta, Atacama, and northern Coquimbo)

  • Troglodytes musculus atopus

    northern Colombia

  • Troglodytes musculus audax

    arid littoral of western Peru (Cajamarca to northern Ica)

  • Troglodytes musculus bonariae

    southern Brazil, Uruguay, and northeastern Argentina

  • Troglodytes musculus carabayae

    central and southern Peru (Junín, Cusco, and Puno)

  • Troglodytes musculus carychrous

    Coiba Island (Panama)

  • Troglodytes musculus chilensis

    southern Chile and southern Argentina to Tierra del Fuego

  • Troglodytes musculus clarus

    Trinidad, the Guianas, Venezuela, Brazil, northern Peru, and Colombia

  • Troglodytes musculus columbae

    east-central Colombia and western Venezuela

  • Troglodytes musculus effutitus

    Guajira Peninsula (northern Colombia) and northwestern Venezuela

  • Troglodytes musculus inquietus

    southwestern Costa Rica to eastern Panama

  • Troglodytes musculus intermedius

    southeastern Veracruz and western Chiapas (southern Mexico) southward to central Costa Rica

  • Troglodytes musculus musculus

    central and southern Brazil to eastern Paraguay and northeastern Argentina (Misiones)

  • Troglodytes musculus pallidipes

    Pearl Islands (off southeastern Panama)

  • Troglodytes musculus peninsularis

    Yucatan Peninsula (southeastern Mexico)

  • Troglodytes musculus puna

    puna of northern Peru to northwestern Bolivia (La Paz)

  • Troglodytes musculus rex

    central and eastern Bolivia

  • Troglodytes musculus striatulus

    western and central Andes of Colombia

  • Troglodytes musculus tecellatus

    coastal southern Peru (Arequipa) to northern Chile (Tarapacá)

  • Troglodytes musculus tobagensis

    Tobago

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.