Southern House Wren
Troglodytes musculus
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Troglodytidae
- Genus
- Troglodytes
- eBird Code
- houwre4
Vocalizations
Subspecies (21)
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Troglodytes musculus albicans
southwestern Colombia and western Ecuador
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Troglodytes musculus atacamensis
northern Chile (Antofagasta, Atacama, and northern Coquimbo)
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Troglodytes musculus atopus
northern Colombia
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Troglodytes musculus audax
arid littoral of western Peru (Cajamarca to northern Ica)
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Troglodytes musculus bonariae
southern Brazil, Uruguay, and northeastern Argentina
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Troglodytes musculus carabayae
central and southern Peru (Junín, Cusco, and Puno)
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Troglodytes musculus carychrous
Coiba Island (Panama)
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Troglodytes musculus chilensis
southern Chile and southern Argentina to Tierra del Fuego
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Troglodytes musculus clarus
Trinidad, the Guianas, Venezuela, Brazil, northern Peru, and Colombia
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Troglodytes musculus columbae
east-central Colombia and western Venezuela
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Troglodytes musculus effutitus
Guajira Peninsula (northern Colombia) and northwestern Venezuela
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Troglodytes musculus inquietus
southwestern Costa Rica to eastern Panama
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Troglodytes musculus intermedius
southeastern Veracruz and western Chiapas (southern Mexico) southward to central Costa Rica
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Troglodytes musculus musculus
central and southern Brazil to eastern Paraguay and northeastern Argentina (Misiones)
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Troglodytes musculus pallidipes
Pearl Islands (off southeastern Panama)
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Troglodytes musculus peninsularis
Yucatan Peninsula (southeastern Mexico)
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Troglodytes musculus puna
puna of northern Peru to northwestern Bolivia (La Paz)
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Troglodytes musculus rex
central and eastern Bolivia
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Troglodytes musculus striatulus
western and central Andes of Colombia
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Troglodytes musculus tecellatus
coastal southern Peru (Arequipa) to northern Chile (Tarapacá)
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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.