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Eurasian wren

Troglodytes troglodytes · Family Troglodytidae

Troglodytes troglodytes

Family Troglodytidae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Troglodytidae
GBIF occurrence records
5,905,196
Countries and territories with records
95
Eurasian wren
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About this species

This species has 5,905,196 occurrence records from 95 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United Kingdom (18.5%), Sweden (15.1%), France (13.1%), the Netherlands (11.3%) and Denmark (7.7%); together they account for 65.7% of the total. In the United Kingdom, this species accounts for 1.7% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Troglodytes troglodytes combines the genus name Troglodytes with the species epithet troglodytes. The Warbla app catalog lists 14 species of the genus Troglodytes; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Troglodytes aedon, Troglodytes musculus and Troglodytes hiemalis.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 92 species of the family Troglodytidae. This species ranks 3rd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Thryothorus ludovicianus. Its record count is 13.6 times the family average (435,441). The family Troglodytidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the family Troglodytidae

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