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[[Image:Marsh_Wren.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Skean <br/> Photographed on Plum Island, Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA in June 2005]]
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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Photographed on Plum Island, Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA in June 2005
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Brown upperparts, light brown belly and flanks, 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.
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The Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris) is a small songbird of the wren family.
 
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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.
 
  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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In the western United States, some birds are permanent residents. Other birds migrate to marshes and salt marshes in the southern United States and Mexico.
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[[United States]] and [[Mexico]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Habitat==
 
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Their breeding habitat is marshes with tall vegetation such as cattails across North America.
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Marshes with tall vegetation.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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The nest is an oval lump attached to marsh vegetation, entered from the side. The male builds many unused nests in his territory; he may puncture the eggs of other birds nesting nearby.
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The nest is an oval lump attached to marsh vegetation, entered from the side.  
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These birds forage actively in vegetation, sometimes flying up to catch insects in flight. They mainly eat insects, also spiders and snails.
 
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The male's song is a loud gurgle used to declare ownership of territory; western males have a more varied repertoire.
 
  
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This bird is still common, although its numbers have declined with the loss of suitable wetland habitat.
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Diet includes insects, also spiders and snails.
  
  

Revision as of 15:27, 17 October 2007

Cistothorus palustris
Photo by Skean
Photographed on Plum Island, Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA in June 2005

Identification

Brown upperparts, light brown belly and flanks, 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.

Distribution

United States and Mexico.

Taxonomy

Habitat

Marshes with tall vegetation.

Behaviour

The nest is an oval lump attached to marsh vegetation, entered from the side.

Diet includes insects, also spiders and snails.


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