page_title: List of birds of British Columbia
section_title: Wrens
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of British Columbia / Wrens
caption_attribution_description: English: Cistothorus palustris. Iona, British Columbia, Canada.
context_page_description: This list of birds of British Columbia includes species documented in the Canadian province of British Columbia. As of January 2020, there are 588 species included in this list. Of them, 227 are rare or accidental and 17 have been introduced to British Columbia or elsewhere in North America. Five species have been extirpated and one is extinct. Thirty-nine species have only sight records or are classed as hypothetical. An additional species of questionable origin is also included here.
  This list is presented in the taxonomic sequence of the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds, 7th edition through the 61st Supplement, published by the American Ornithological Society. Common and scientific names are also those of the Check-list, except that Canadian English spellings are used and the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them.
  The following tags are used to describe some categories of occurrence.
  Accidental - a species seldom recorded in British Columbia
  (I) Introduced - a species that has been introduced to British Columbia by the actions of humans, either directly or indirectly
context_section_description: Order: Passeriformes   Family: Troglodytidae
  Wrens are small and inconspicuous birds, except for their loud songs. They have short wings and thin down-turned bills. Several species often hold their tails upright. All are insectivorous.
  Rock wren, Salpinctes obsoletus LC
  Canyon wren, Catherpes mexicanus LC
  House wren, Troglodytes aedon LC
  Pacific wren, Troglodytes pacificus LC
  Winter wren, Troglodytes hiemalis LC
  Sedge wren, Cistothorus platensis (A) LC
  Marsh wren, Cistothorus palustris LC
  Bewick's wren, Thryomanes bewickii LC
caption: Marsh wren
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