Marsh Wren
Cistothorus palustris
Summary 4
The marsh wren (Cistothorus palustris) is a small North American songbird of the wren family. It is sometimes called long-billed marsh wren to distinguish it from the sedge wren which is also known as short-billed marsh wren. Adults have brown upperparts with a light brown belly and flanks and a white throat and breast. The back is black with white stripes. They have a dark cap with a white line over the eyes and a short thin bill, and are 3.9 to 5.5 inches long. Marsh wrens are not very commonly spotted in the COSA, but have been spotted from September to May.
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- (c) Rick Leche, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/64649343@N00/2514267752
- (c) Laura Gooch, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/lgooch/33819478674/
- Tom Keorner / USFWS, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marsh_wren_FWS_18493.jpg
- Adapted by dirstine from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cistothorus_palustris
