Sedge Wren
(Cistothorus platensis)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Biology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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| IUCN Red List | LC - Least Concern |
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| NatureServe | N4B, N5N - Apparently Secure Breeding, Secure Nonbreeding SNRB - Unranked Breeding |
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| Minnesota | not listed Species in Greatest Conservation Need |
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Description |
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Size |
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4″ to 4½″ in length 5½″ wingspan |
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Habitat |
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Wet sedge meadows and grassy fields, marshes, bogs, beaver ponds |
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Biology |
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Migration |
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Late April to late May and early August to mid-October |
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Distribution |
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Occurrence |
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Common breeder, seldom seen migrant |
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The Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union All Seasons Species Occurrence Map |
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Taxonomy |
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| Class | Aves (birds) | ||
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Passeriformes (perching birds) | ||
Family |
Troglodytidae (wrens) | ||
Genus |
Cistothorus (marsh wrens and allies) | ||
The North American Sedge Wren is traditionally classified as Cistothorus platensis stellaris, a subspecies of Cistothorus platensis that includes many Central American and South American subspecies. Based on a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014, it was suggested that the North American bird be separated into its own new species Cistothorus stellaris. Avibase, The World Bird Database, has adopted this change. The American Ornithological Society (AOS) has not. AOS bills itself as “the official source on the taxonomy of birds found in North and Middle America.” Other taxonomy sources, including NAIC and ITIS, and bird sources including Cornell Lab of Ornithology, follow the AOS in rejecting the change. |
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Subordinate Taxa |
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Equatorial Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis aequatorialis) Falklands Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis falklandicus) Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis alticola) Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis boliviae) Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis elegans) Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis graberi) Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis graminicola) Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis hornensis) Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis lucidus) Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis jalapensis) Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis minimus) Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis platensis) Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis polyglottus) Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis potosinus) Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis russelli) Northern Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis stellaris) Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis tamae) Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis tinnulus) Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis tolimae) Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis tucumanus) Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis warneri) |
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Common Names |
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Sedge Wren was formerly known as Short-billed Marsh Wren. In Europe it is known as Grass Wren. |
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| Sedge Wren Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren |
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About
Published on Jul 16, 2013 This wren is uncommon and local. It can be found in central and eastern North America. in grassy marshes, sedges, grassy meadows. It has a faint eyebrow stripe, a streaked crown and back. It is a tiny secretive bird which is more often heard than seen. It's song is a dry chattering "chop chop chop chop chop chopper-rrrrrr". |
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| Sedge Wren song Stoil Ivanov |
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Uploaded on May 23, 2010 Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis ) singing in Goose Lake Prairie |
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| Sedge Wren Andrew Reago |
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Published on Aug 5, 2012 Digiscoped at Ted Shanks Conservation Area in Missouri on 8/5/2012 |
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| Cucarachero Sabanero - Cistothorus platensis- Sedge Wren SONG - Aves Parque natural Chingaza Colombia Wildlife - Oswaldo Cortes |
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Published on Sep 3, 2013 Cucarachero Sabanero - Cistothorus platensis- Sedge Wren SONG - Aves Parque natural Chingaza |
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| Sedge Wren (Troglodytidae: Cistothorus platensis) Male Singing Carl Barrentine |
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Uploaded on Jul 6, 2009 "To see temporarily is sufficient; if you can see it for a fleeting second, it is enough." --Krishnamurti Photographed at East Grand Forks, Minnesota (06 July 2009). |
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| Tom Baker 7/15/2012 |
Location: Edenbrook Conservation Area |
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Carpenter St. Croix Valley Nature Center Felton Prairie SNA, Bicentennial Unit Margherita Preserve-Audubon Prairie Mound Spring Prairie SNA, North Unit Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR, Hoffman Unit Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR, Pavia Unit Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR, Spieker Unit Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR, Touch the Sky Prairie Unit Prairie Creek WMA, Koester Prairie Unit Robert Ney Memorial Park Reserve |
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