winter wren

noun

1. (in the Western Hemisphere) a small wren, Troglodytes troglodytes, of coniferous forests.

Word History and Origins

Origin of winter wren¹

An Americanism dating back to 1800–10

Example Sentences

The large swaths of park not fragmented by trails also allow space for wildlife to flourish, especially species such as winter wrens that forage in the shrubs and understory.

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The sounds included white noise, a contact call of a winter wren, or a female fairy-wren’s incubation call.

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"The winter wren is really with us during the summer too," said daddy.

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In winter wrens resort in numbers to old nests and to holes in walls for mutual warmth and shelter.

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It chirped at times so that its companions could hear it, and was answered by them, as well as by the nuthatches, a tree creeper, some sparrows, and a winter wren.

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