Look for a bird with a brown body and narrow dark bars or stripes on its wings and tail ... wren, one of our most beloved backyard birds. What house wrens lack in appearance they make up for ...

Variation in plumage and call notes is extensive. Polytypic. Length 4.7". A small wren with medium-length bill and tail, it responds readily to pishing. Overall jizz is of a plain, typical wren.

Vocal and plumage variation in the Bewick’s wren is extensive, but all adults have a very long tail, tipped in white and flicked side to side. Eastern populations have disappeared from much of ...