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title: "Southern House Wren"
description: "Troglodytes musculus — Vogels. The southern house wren (Troglodytes musculus) is a very small passerine bird in the wren family Troglodytidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/southern-house-wren
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Southern House Wren

> Troglodytes musculus — Vogels. The southern house wren (Troglodytes musculus) is a very small passerine bird in the wren family Troglodytidae.

- Scientific name: *Troglodytes musculus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `urban` (Steden en tuinen)
- iNaturalist observations: 25395
- Wikidata: [Q10385039](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10385039)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1578442](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1578442)

## Names

- en: Southern House Wren
- de: Südlicher Hauszaunkönig
- es: Saltapared Común Sureño
- fr: Troglodyte austral

## Countries with the most observations

AR (5812), BR (5047), CO (3055), CL (1724), CR (1555), PA (1353), MX (1014), PE (985), EC (857), BO (389), HN (295), UY (217)

## Summary

The southern house wren (Troglodytes musculus) is a very small passerine bird in the wren family Troglodytidae. It is found from southern Mexico to southern Chile and southern Argentina. The name troglodytes means "hole dweller", and is a reference to the bird's tendency to disappear into crevices when hunting insects or to seek shelter. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the northern house wren (Troglodytes aedon).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_house_wren

## Photo

![Southern House Wren](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/southern-house-wren/medium.jpg)

Photo: ferferrari · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/350492725

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/southern-house-wren?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).