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Definition of wren
1 : any of a family (Troglodytidae) of small typically brownish oscine singing birds; especially : a very small widely distributed bird (Troglodytes troglodytes) that has a short erect tail and is noted for its song
2 : any of various small singing birds resembling the true wrens in size and habits
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Its hillsides and areas around the base are full of coastal sage scrub and prickly pear cacti, providing habitat for the California gnatcatcher and coastal cactus wren.
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Birds such as tanagers, thrush, orioles, grosbeaks, vireos, wrens, and buntings.
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Some species can be helped with nesting boxes — bluebirds, wrens and chickadees, for example.
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From Buley Rockhole, take the two-mile Florence Creek Walk through the monsoon rainforest and spot a range of wildlife, from unique bird species such as kingfishers and fairy-wrens, to bandicoots (small terrestrial marsupials).
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In one particularly notorious incident in the 1890s, a lighthouse keeper’s pregnant cat almost single-handedly drove New Zealand’s Stephens Island wren to extinction within years of the species’s discovery.
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Stunning wren duets are conceived as a whole but sung in two parts, by Ed Yong.
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Origin and Etymology of wren
Middle English wrenne, from Old English wrenna; akin to Old High German rentilo wren
WREN Defined for English Language Learners
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: a small bird with brown feathers and a short tail that points upward
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: a small brown songbird with a short tail that points upward
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