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 Cahuita National Park
Bay Wren
Cantorchilus nigricapillus
Stripe-breasted Wren
Cantorchilus thoracicus
White-breasted Wood-Wren
Henicorhina leucosticta
Black-throated Wren
Pheugopedius atrogularis
Cabanis's Wren
Cantorchilus modestus
Band-backed Wren
Campylorhynchus zonatus
Song Wren
Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus
Western Slaty-Antshrike
Thamnophilus atrinucha
Great Kiskadee
Pitangus sulphuratus
Lesser Greenlet
Hylophilus decurtatus
Olive-backed Euphonia
Euphonia gouldi
Chestnut-backed Antbird
Myrmeciza exsul
📅 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 Cahuita National Park?
About 16% of visitor-days record a Southern House Wren sighting in Cahuita National Park, based on 87 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Southern House Wren in Cahuita National Park?
June has the highest sighting rate for Southern House Wren in Cahuita National Park in our monthly data.