Sedge Wren
Cistothorus stellaris (Naumann, JF, 1823)
Troglodytidae — Wrens
Sedge Wren, Cistothorus stellaris, breeds in south-central and south-eastern Canada and the north-eastern United States, and moves as far as north-eastern Mexico outside the breeding season. It is a small wren of wet grasslands and meadows, where it uses tall grasses and sedges for nesting. The bird is also found in marshes and dry prairies, and in winter it can occur in a wider range of habitats if insects are available. It was described by Johann Friedrich Naumann in 1823 and was once known as the short-billed marsh wren.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Troglodytidae — Wrens
- Breeding range
- North America: sc, se Canada and ne USA
- Nonbreeding range
- to ne Mexico
