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Winter Wren
Troglodytes troglodytes
(T. t. hyrcanus)
| Armenian Name: | Եղնջաթռչնակ |
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See Plate 43 for Winter Wren and other similar species
| Resident Status: | Year-round resident |
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| Abundance: | Uncommon |
| Length: | 9-10 cm, Wing Span:13-17 cm |
| Distribution Map: | Map 231. |
| Description: | Very small noisy bird with long pale supercilium and short cocked tail. Gray-brown to red-brown above with dark-barred wings and tail. Pale brown below, barred on belly and flanks. Wing coverts often with white spots on tips. |
| Behavior: | Skulks in dense vegetation, but inquisitive and comes out to scold intruders. Song is a surprisingly loud series of rattles, buzzes, and trills. |
| Habitat: | Woodland, streamside thickets; rocky semidesert scrub in winter. |
| Food: | Invertebrates, berries, seeds. |
| Nest: | Domed cup of plants and wool in dense vegetation, or in moist cave or rock crevice. |
| Eggs: | 17 mm, 5-8, white, gray-brown spots. |
