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Thryothorus ludovicianus (Carolina Wren)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) is a common species of wren, resident in the eastern half of the USA, the extreme south of Ontario, Canada, and the extreme northeast of Mexico. A distinct population in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, Belize and extreme north of Guatemala is treated either as a subspecies Thryothorus ludovicianus albinucha, or as a separate species, White-browed Wren Thryothorus albinucha.
View Wikipedia Record: Thryothorus ludovicianus

Infraspecies

Thryothorus ludovicianus burleighi
Thryothorus ludovicianus lomitensis
Thryothorus ludovicianus ludovicianus
Thryothorus ludovicianus miamensis

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  18 grams
Birth Weight [1]  2 grams
Female Maturity [1]  1 year
Male Maturity [1]  1 year
Clutch Size [3]  4
Clutches / Year [1]  1
Diet [2]  Carnivore
Incubation [1]  14 days
Maximum Longevity [1]  9 years

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Map Climate Land
Use
Allegheny Highlands forests United States Nearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests United States Nearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests United States Nearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Atlantic coastal pine barrens United States Nearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests  
Central and Southern mixed grasslands United States Nearctic Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Central forest-grasslands transition United States Nearctic Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Central tall grasslands United States Nearctic Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Central U.S. hardwood forests United States Nearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
East Central Texas forests United States Nearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Everglades United States Neotropic Flooded Grasslands and Savannas
Flint Hills tall grasslands United States Nearctic Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Florida sand pine scrub United States Nearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests
Middle Atlantic coastal forests United States Nearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests
Mississippi lowland forests United States Nearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Northeastern coastal forests United States Nearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Northern tall grasslands Canada, United States Nearctic Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Ozark Mountain forests United States Nearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Piney Woods forests United States Nearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests
Sierra Madre Oriental pine-oak forests Mexico, United States Nearctic Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests
South Florida rocklands United States Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Southeastern conifer forests United States Nearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests
Southeastern mixed forests United States Nearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Southern Great Lakes forests Canada, United States Nearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Tamaulipan matorral Mexico Nearctic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
Tamaulipan mezquital Mexico, United States Nearctic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
Texas blackland prairies United States Nearctic Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Western Gulf Coastal grasslands Mexico, United States Nearctic Tropical and Subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands  
Western short grasslands United States Nearctic Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Acadia National Park II 35996 Maine, United States
Amistad National Recreation Area   Texas, United States
Antietam National Battlefield III 3263 Maryland, United States
Arkansas Post National Memorial National Monument V 424 Arkansas, United States
Assateague Island National Seashore II 8621 Maryland, United States
Big Bend Biosphere Reserve National Park II 815561 Texas, United States
Big Cypress National Preserve V 732120 Florida, United States
Biscayne National Park II 11085 Florida, United States
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge VI 19192 Maryland, United States
Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge VI 16363 Delaware, United States
Buffalo National River National River and Wild and Scenic Riverway V 59947 Arkansas, United States
Canaveral National Seashore II 9090 Florida, United States
Cape Cod National Seashore II 21724 Massachusetts, United States
Cape Hatteras National Seashore II 21476 North Carolina, United States
Cape Lookout National Seashore II 18379 North Carolina, United States
Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge IV 8964 South Carolina, United States
Carl Sandburg Home National Hist. Site National Historic Site III 271 North Carolina, United States
Carlsbad Caverns National Park II 15448 New Mexico, United States
Carolinian-South Atlantic Biosphere Reserve 310228 North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, United States      
Catoctin Mountain Park National Park II 5994 Maryland, United States
Central Gulf Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve 40530 United States  
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area V 7622 Georgia, United States
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Hist. Park National Historical Park V 19586 Maryland, District of Columbia, United States
Chickasaw National Recreation Area V 7025 Oklahoma, United States
Colonial National Historic Park National Historical Park V 9316 Virginia, United States
Congaree Swamp National Park II 6095 South Carolina, United States
Crosswinds Marsh Nature Preserve 1050 Michigan, United States
Cumberland Island National Seashore II 20629 Georgia, United States
Cuyahoga Valley National Park II 24907 Ohio, United States
Dzilam de Bravo Wetland Reserve 149170 Yucatan, Mexico    
Effigy Mounds National Monument V 1296 Iowa, United States
El Parque Estatal Lagunas de Yalahau Wetland Reserve   Yucatan, Mexico  
Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge VI 66133 Arkansas, United States
Fire Island National Seashore V 9433 New York, United States
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary IV 2387149 Florida, United States
Fort Caroline National Memorial III 137 Florida, United States
Fort Matanzas National Monument III 269 Florida, United States
Fort Pulaski National Monument V 4213 Georgia, United States
Friendship Hill National Historic Site III 697 Pennsylvania, United States
Gateway National Recreation Area V 1807 New Jersey, United States
George WA Carver National Monument V 210 Missouri, United States
George Washington Birthplace National Monument V 435 Virginia, United States
George Washington Memorial Parkway V   Virginia, United States
Gettysburg National Military Park V 3560 Pennsylvania, United States
Great Smoky Mountains National Park II 515454 North Carolina, Tennessee, United States
Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge VI 3161 New Jersey, United States
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park V 216 North Carolina, United States
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park VI 715 West Virginia, United States
Homestead National Monument of America V 850 Nebraska, United States
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site III 861 Pennsylvania, United States
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park V 1926 Alabama, United States
Hot Springs National Park II 5740 Arkansas, United States
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore II 8272 Indiana, United States
Jean Lafitte National Hist. Park & Preserve National Historical Park II 17686 Louisiana, United States
Konza Prairie Biosphere Reserve 8617 Kansas, United States  
Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge VI 28351 Louisiana, United States
Land Between the Lakes Biosphere Reserve V 166264 Kentucky, Tennessee, United States
Little River National Wildlife Refuge   Oklahoma, United States
Long Point Biosphere Reserve 100325 Ontario, Canada  
Mammoth Cave Area Biosphere Reserve (Natn'l Park) National Park II 51235 Kentucky, United States
Manassas National Battlefield Park III 5132 Virginia, United States
Maya Multiple Use Area 1156412 Guatemala  
Moores Creek National Battlefield III 100 North Carolina, United States
Morristown National Historical Park VI 1677 New Jersey, United States
Mount Mitchell State Park   North Carolina, United States
New River Gorge National River National River and Wild and Scenic Riverway V 55591 West Virginia, United States
Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve 470167 Ontario, Canada  
Oak Ridge National Environmental Research Park 20001 Tennessee, United States
Obed Wild and Scenic River National River and Wild and Scenic Riverway V 5268 Tennessee, United States
Ocmulgee National Monument V 693 Georgia, United States
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge IV 38256 Florida, United States
Ozark National Scenic Riverways National River and Wild and Scenic Riverway V 54621 Missouri, United States
Padre Island National Seashore II 42068 Texas, United States
Point Pelee National Park II 5764 Ontario, Canada
Prince William Forest Park 19378 District of Columbia, United States
Reserva de la Biosfera El Cielo Biosphere Reserve 353161 Mexico  
Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve VI 955579 Queretaro, Mexico  
Reserva de la Biosfera de Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve VI 1312618 Mexico  
Richmond National Battlefield Park III 1517 Virginia, United States
Rondeau Provincial Park II 5035 Ontario, Canada
Roosevelt Vanderbilt National Historic Site   New York, United States        
Saint Lawrence Islands National Park II   Ontario, Canada
Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge VI 23844 Oklahoma, United States
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park VI 854 Texas, United States
Santee Coastal Reserve and Washo Reserve State Habitat Area IV 20850 South Carolina, United States  
Sevilleta LTER Site Long Term Ecological Research IV 228335 New Mexico, United States
Shenandoah National Park II 108221 Virginia, United States
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore II 62563 Michigan, United States
South Atlantic Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve 20317 South Carolina, United States  
Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve 37548505 North Carolina, Tennessee, United States  
Stones River National Battlefield III 518 Tennessee, United States
Tawas Point State Park 183 Michigan, United States
Tennessee River Gorge   Tennessee, United States
Tikal National Park II 142943 Guatemala
Upper Miss. River Nat'l Wildlife Refuge National Wildlife Refuge VI 25823 Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, United States
Valley Forge National Historical Park VI 3509 Pennsylvania, United States
Vicksburg National Military Park V 1651 Mississippi, United States
Virginia Coast Biosphere Reserve 33386 Virginia, United States  
Western Michigan University's Asylum Lake Preserve 274 Michigan, United States
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge IV 26618 Alabama, United States

Ecosystems

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website Map
Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands Mexico, United States No
Mesoamerica Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama No

Emblem of

South Carolina

Prey / Diet

Armadillidium vulgare (pillbug)[4]
Calliphora vomitoria (Blue bottle fly)[4]
Camponotus pennsylvanicus (black carpenter ant)[4]
Dolichovespula maculata (baldfaced hornet)[4]
Gryllus pennsylvanicus (fall field cricket)[4]
Liquidambar styraciflua (sweetgum)[4]
Melanoplus differentialis (Differential Grasshopper)[4]
Micrathena gracilis (Spined micrathena)[4]
Narceus americanus (North american millipede)[4]
Plestiodon fasciatus (Five-lined Skink)[4]
Rabidosa rabida (Rabid wolf spider)[4]
Rhus glabra (smooth sumac)[4]
Tenodera aridifolia (Chinese mantid)[4]
Triatoma sanguisuga (Eastern blood-sucking cone)[4]
Vespula maculifrons (eastern yellowjacket)[4]
Toxicodendron radicans (poison ivy)[4]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Accipiter striatus (Sharp-shinned Hawk)1
Agelaius phoeniceus (Red-winged Blackbird)4
Agkistrodon contortrix (Southern Copperhead)2
Aix sponsa (Wood Duck)1
Ambystoma maculatum (Spotted Salamander)5
Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard)1
Anaxyrus americanus americanus (Eastern American Toad)12
Archilochus colubris (Ruby-throated Hummingbird)4
Ardea herodias (Great Blue Heron)2
Baeolophus bicolor (Tufted Titmouse)4
Buteo jamaicensis (Red-tailed Hawk)5
Cardinalis cardinalis (Northern Cardinal)4
Carduelis tristis (American Goldfinch)1
Castor canadensis (american beaver)1
Charadrius vociferus (Killdeer)2
Chelydra serpentina (Common Snapping Turtle)1
Colinus virginianus (Northern Bobwhite)8
Coluber constrictor (Eastern Racer)1
Corvus brachyrhynchos (American Crow)5
Cryptotis parva (North American Least Shrew)10
Cyanocitta cristata (Blue Jay)4
Didelphis virginiana (Virginia Opossum)3
Dryocopus pileatus (Pileated Woodpecker)1
Eptesicus fuscus (big brown bat)7
Eurycea guttolineata (Three-lined Salamander)3
Geothlypis trichas (Common Yellowthroat)3
Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis (Greenhouse thrip)1
Heterodon platirhinos (Eastern Hognose Snake)2
Lampropeltis calligaster (Prairie Kingsnake)1
Lampropeltis triangulum (Scarlet kingsnake)1
Larus delawarensis (Ring-billed Gull)2
Lithobates catesbeianus (American Bullfrog)3
Lithobates sphenocephalus sphenocephalus (Florida Leopard Frog)7
Lithobates sylvaticus (Wood Frog)10
Marmota monax (woodchuck)1
Megaceryle alcyon (Belted Kingfisher)1
Meleagris gallopavo (Wild Turkey)11
Mephitis mephitis (Striped Skunk)6
Microtus pennsylvanicus (meadow vole)1
Mimus polyglottos (Northern Mockingbird)7
Molothrus ater (Brown-headed Cowbird)5
Myiarchus crinitus (Great Crested Flycatcher)6
Notophthalmus viridescens (Eastern Newt)2
Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer)3
Ondatra zibethicus (muskrat)1
Peromyscus leucopus (white-footed mouse)2
Picoides pubescens (Downy Woodpecker)5
Plestiodon fasciatus (Five-lined Skink)9
Plethodon cinereus (Eastern Red-backed Salamander)5
Poecile carolinensis (Carolina Chickadee)8
Procyon lotor (Raccoon)5
Pseudacris crucifer (Spring Peeper)6
Quiscalus quiscula (Common Grackle)1
Rattus norvegicus (Norway rat)3
Scalopus aquaticus (Eastern Mole)6
Sciurus carolinensis (eastern gray squirrel)2
Sciurus niger (eastern fox squirrel)1
Sialia sialis (Eastern Bluebird)6
Sitta carolinensis (White-breasted Nuthatch)2
Strix varia (Barred Owl)1
Sturnus vulgaris (European Starling)7
Sylvilagus floridanus (Eastern Cottontail)3
Tamias striatus (eastern chipmunk)2
Terrapene carolina (Florida Box Turtle)3
Thamnophis sirtalis (Common Garter Snake)3
Turdus migratorius (American Robin)9
Vulpes vulpes (Red Fox)3
Zenaida macroura (Mourning Dove)3
Zonotrichia albicollis (White-throated Sparrow)3

Predators

Buteo jamaicensis (Red-tailed Hawk)[4]
Procyon lotor (Raccoon)[4]
Strix varia (Barred Owl)[4]

Providers

Shelter 
Carex stricta (upright sedge)[4]
Leucobryum glaucum (leucobryum moss)[4]
Panicum virgatum (old switch panic grass)[4]
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (American ivy)[4]
Pinus strobus (Eastern white pine)[4]
Pinus taeda (Loblolly pine)[4]
Pinus virginiana (Virginia pine)[4]
Smilax rotundifolia (Horse Brier)[4]
Toxicodendron radicans (poison ivy)[4]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Dispharynx nasuta <Unverified Name>[5]

Institutions (Zoos, etc.)

    Maps
Institution Infraspecies / Breed 
Virginia Aquarium&Marine Science Ctr

Range Map

Link to Map
Grandfather Mountain; National Capital Region - East; New Jersey Pinelands Biosphere Reserve; North America; Western Michigan University’s Asylum Lake;

External References

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Citations

Species recognized by Peterson A.P., 17-Oct-2001, ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774 ♦ 2Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org ♦ 3Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303 ♦ 4Study of Northern Virginia Ecology ♦ 5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 gis.wwfus.org/wildfinder
Protected Areas provided by Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas in cooperation between the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California, Davis and numerous collaborators. ♦ Crosswinds Marsh, Wayne County, Michigan ♦ Tawas Point State Park ♦ Western Michigan University’s Asylum Lake
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Biodiversity Hotspots, Conservation International
Images provided by Google Image Search
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Range map provided by Ridgely, R. S., T. F. Allnutt, T. Brooks, D. K. McNicol, D. W. Mehlman, B. E. Young, and J. R. Zook. 2007. Digital Distribution Maps of the Birds of the Western Hemisphere, version 3.0. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia, USA.
Data provided by NatureServe in collaboration with Robert Ridgely, James Zook, The Nature Conservancy - Migratory Bird Program, Conservation International - CABS, World Wildlife Fund - US, and Environment Canada - WILDSPACE.
Weather provided by NOAA METAR Data Access
Institution information provided by International Species Information System - May 2011
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