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Excerpts Adapted from the Birds of Saskatchewan:
The song of the Winter Wren is one of the most intricate and pleasing of all bird songs. In 2010, the former Winter Wren was split into two species, the Pacific Wren and the Winter Wren (AOU 2010). The Winter Wren breeds from east-central British Columbia east to Newfoundland and south in the Appalachians to northern Georgia; wintering occurs mainly in the eastern US.
The Winter Wren is found in some of the oldest (generally over 100 years) white spruce and mixed white spruce-trembling aspen stands (Cumming 1995, Hobson and Bayne 1997). Habitat features frequently associated with these stands include high-density balsam fir shrubs together with coniferous snags, deadfall, and toppled live trees. Most forests will be harvested before prime Winter Wren habitat develops
The Winter Wren is fairly common in the southern boreal forest. It becomes progressively more rare toward the northeastern portions of the northern boreal forest. Recent migration monitoring at Last Mountain Bird Observatory has shown it to be a fairly regular fall migrant with birds seen and/or banded in 16 of 23 years (1993-2015). This may indicate that, especially in fall, small but increasing numbers slip secretively through open prairie regions, but with the majority migrating along the boreal forest edge in Manitoba.
Original text by Bob Godwin. Text adapted by Daniel J. Sawatzky
Read more about the Winter Wren in the Birds of Saskatchewan here.
Recommended citation: Latremouille, L. M. 2025. Winter Wren in Latremouille, L. M., S. L. Van Wilgenburg, C. B. Jardine, D. Lepage, A. R. Couturier, D. Evans, D. Iles, and K. L. Drake (eds.). 2025. The Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Saskatchewan, 2017-2021. Birds Canada. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan https://sk.birdatlas.ca/accounts/speciesaccount.jsp?sp=WIWR&lang=en [09 Nov 2025]
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