Marsh Wren
Cistothorus palustris
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyTroglodytidae (Wrens)
- GenusCistothorus (Marsh Wrens and Allies)
- SpeciesCistothorus palustris (Marsh Wren)
Closest Relatives at Grand Canyon National Park
Rock Wren
Salpinctes obsoletus
Canyon Wren
Catherpes mexicanus
House Wren
Troglodytes aedon
Bewick's Wren
Thryomanes bewickii
Pacific Wren
Troglodytes pacificus
Cactus Wren
Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
Common Raven
Corvus corax
Mountain Chickadee
Poecile gambeli
Dark-eyed Junco
Junco hyemalis
Western Bluebird
Sialia mexicana
White-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay
Aphelocoma woodhouseii
📅 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 Marsh Wren in Grand Canyon National Park?
About 0% of visitor-days record a Marsh Wren sighting in Grand Canyon National Park, based on 11 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Marsh Wren in Grand Canyon National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Marsh Wren in Grand Canyon National Park in our monthly data.