Grenada wren explained

The Grenada wren (Troglodytes grenadensis) is a very small passerine bird in the wren family Troglodytidae that is found on the Caribbean island of Grenada. 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 house wren, now renamed the northern house wren (Troglodytes aedon).

Taxonomy

The Grenada wren was formally described in 1878 by the American ornithologist George Newbold Lawrence based on specimens collected by the naturalist Frederick A. Ober on the island of Grenada. Lawrence coined the binomial name Thryothorus grenadensis.^[1] The Grenada wren was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the house wren, now renamed the northern house wren (Troglodytes aedon). It is now recognised as a separate species based on differences in morphology and genetics.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]} The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Lawrence . George Newbold . George Newbold Lawrence . 1877 . 1878 . Descriptions of supposed new species of birds from the islands of Grenada and Dominica, West Indies . Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences . 1 . 160-163 [161] .
2. Wetten . Kimberley Nicole . 2012 . Morphological divergence in the House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) species complex: A study of island populations with a focus on the Grenada House Wren (T. a. grenadensis) . University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada . MSc . 22 October 2024 .
3. Klicka . J. . Epperly . K. . Smith . B.T. . Spellman . G.M. . Chaves . J.A. . Escalante . P. . Witt . C.C. . Canales-del-Castillo . R. . Zink . R.M. . 2023 . Lineage diversity in a widely distributed New World passerine bird, the House Wren . Ornithology . 140 . 3 . ukad018 . 10.1093/ornithology/ukad018 . free .
4. Chesser . R.T. . Billerman . S.M. . Burns . K.J. . Cicero . C. . Dunn . J.L. . Hernández-Baños . B.E. . Jiménez . R.A. . Johnson . O. . Kratter . A.W. . Mason . N.A. . Rasmussen . P.C. . Remsen . J.V.J. . 2024 . Sixty-fifth Supplement to the American Ornithological Society’s Check-list of North American Birds . Ornithology . 141 . 3 . ukae019 . 10.1093/ornithology/ukae019 . free .
5. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . Rasmussen . Pamela . Pamela C. Rasmussen . August 2024 . Dapple-throats, sugarbirds, fairy-bluebirds, kinglets, hyliotas, wrens & gnatcatchers . IOC World Bird List Version 14.2 . International Ornithologists' Union . 22 October 2024 .