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Carolina Wren
Thryothorus ludovicianus
ORDER: PASSERIFORMES
FAMILY: TROGLODYTIDAE
IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern
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J.R. Woodward / CLO
Singing one of the loudest songs per volume of bird, the Carolina Wren’s “tea-kettle, tea-kettle, tea-kettle” is familiar across the Southeast. It is a common bird in urban areas, and is more likely to nest in a hanging plant than in a birdhouse.
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Recorded by Carnes Weeks; Geoffrey A. Keller
Courtesy of Macaulay Library
© Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Song a loud, repeated series of several whistled notes: “tea-kettle, tea-kettle, tea-kettle.” Calls include a loud chatter and a rising and falling “cheer.”