Southern House Wren
Troglodytes musculus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyTroglodytidae (Wrens)
- GenusTroglodytes (Troglodytes Wrens)
- SpeciesTroglodytes musculus (Southern House Wren)
Closest Relatives at Arenal Volcano National Park
Ochraceous Wren
Troglodytes ochraceus
White-breasted Wood-Wren
Henicorhina leucosticta
Stripe-breasted Wren
Cantorchilus thoracicus
Bay Wren
Cantorchilus nigricapillus
Nightingale Wren
Microcerculus philomela
Black-throated Wren
Pheugopedius atrogularis
Song Wren
Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren
Henicorhina leucophrys
Rufous-backed Wren
Campylorhynchus capistratus
Band-backed Wren
Campylorhynchus zonatus
Cabanis's Wren
Cantorchilus modestus
Rufous-and-white Wren
Thryophilus rufalbus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Southern House Wren in Arenal Volcano National Park?
About 44% of visitor-days record a Southern House Wren sighting in Arenal Volcano National Park, based on 4910 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Southern House Wren in Arenal Volcano National Park?
July has the highest sighting rate for Southern House Wren in Arenal Volcano National Park in our monthly data.