Grass Wren
Cistothorus platensis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyTroglodytidae (Wrens)
- GenusCistothorus (Marsh Wrens and Allies)
- SpeciesCistothorus platensis (Grass Wren)
Closest Relatives at Point Pelee National Park
Marsh Wren
Cistothorus palustris
Carolina Wren
Thryothorus ludovicianus
House Wren
Troglodytes aedon
Winter Wren
Troglodytes hiemalis
Rock Wren
Salpinctes obsoletus
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
Common Grackle
Quiscalus quiscula
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata
Tree Swallow
Tachycineta bicolor
Yellow Warbler
Setophaga petechia
📅 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 Grass Wren in Point Pelee National Park?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Grass Wren sighting in Point Pelee National Park, based on 307 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Grass Wren in Point Pelee National Park?
May has the highest sighting rate for Grass Wren in Point Pelee National Park in our monthly data.