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[[Image:807swren.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by mcdomik<br />Photo taken: Pheasant Branch Conservancy (Middleton, WI, USA.]] | [[Image:807swren.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by mcdomik<br />Photo taken: Pheasant Branch Conservancy (Middleton, WI, USA.]] | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
+ | 10-12cm. Brown upperparts, light brown belly and flanks, white throat and breast. The back has pale streaks. Dark cap with pale streaks, a faint line over the eye and a short thin bill. Sexes alike. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
+ | Eastern [[North America]] and central [[Canada]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
+ | Wet meadows and marsh edges. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
+ | The male builds the nest which is rounded, with a side entrance, well hidden, and attached to low vegetation. 2-8 white eggs are laid. | ||
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+ | The diet includes insects and spiders. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Sedge+Wren}} | {{GSearch|Sedge+Wren}} | ||
− | [[Category:Birds]] | + | [[Category:Birds]][[category:incomplete]] |
Revision as of 13:15, 3 April 2008
- Cistothorus platensis
Identification
10-12cm. Brown upperparts, light brown belly and flanks, white throat and breast. The back has pale streaks. Dark cap with pale streaks, a faint line over the eye and a short thin bill. Sexes alike.
Distribution
Eastern North America and central Canada.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Wet meadows and marsh edges.
Behaviour
The male builds the nest which is rounded, with a side entrance, well hidden, and attached to low vegetation. 2-8 white eggs are laid.
The diet includes insects and spiders.