Michele Mendi

Small warbler, feeds chiefly on insects, especially beetles (Coleoptera); also spiders (Araneae). Nominate troglodytes: continental Europe and Asia Minor; kabylorum: Balearic Islands, S Spain and NW Africa (Morocco to Tunisia); koenigi: Corsica and Sardinia; cypriotes: Crete, Rhodes, Cyprus and Near East. Suitable habitat offered by wide variety of low cover and foraging opportunities. The population is increasing and the status is Least Concern. Migratory (northern populations), partially migratory, and resident.

Season of assessment

B

Population trendIncreasing
Population size
(min-max, best estimate)		66500000-113000000,80200000
Red List categoryLC
Franks, S., Fiedler, W., Arizaga, J., Jiguet, F., Nikolov, B., van der Jeugd, Ambrosini, R, Aizpurua, O., Bairlein, F., Clark, J., Fattorini, N, Hammond, M., Higgins, D, Levering, H., Skellorn, W., Spina, F, Thorup, K. Walker, J., Woodward, I. and Baillie, S.R. (1) (2022) Online Atlas of the movements of European bird populations. https://migrationatlas.org EURING/CMS (1) Principal investigator
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Overall Connectivity for Eurasian Wren

Scandinavian birds mainly move N - S, most found in Denmark, S Sweden, W and C Europe, few in Spain and the UK and one in Menorca. Finnish birds move NE – SW, reported in S Sweden and C Europe. Birds from the UK mainly move NNW - SSE within the UK, few recoveries in NW and S France and one in Ireland. Birds in the Low Countries move NW - SE and NE - SW, mostly inside the countries but also many recoveries from France, a few the UK and one from Spain and Morocco. From C and E Europe birds move mainly NE - SW, found in W Europe, Switzerland, Italy and SE Europe; few recoveries from the S UK, Spain and N Algeria. Birds in SW and S Europe mainly move N - S on short distance.

Recoveries by Condition for Eurasian Wren

Until 1960 65% of the recoveries were dead birds: 3% were shot and 1% intentionally taken. From 1961 to 1990 13% concerned dead birds: no shot or intentionally taken birds. From 1991, almost all recoveries concerned alive birds.
The few birds shot were mostly in N Italy (6) and SW France (3). Dead birds were reported in all W and C Europe but most came from the S UK and Denmark.

Annual Movements for Eurasian Wren

In Nov - Mar hotspots in S and C UK, the Low Countries and N Italy. Also birds in Spain, C Europe, S coast of Norway and Ireland. Few birds in C Scandinavia, SE Europe and France. The hotspots in S and C UK and the Low countries stay year around. Also numbers in Spain, Ireland and C Europe do not fluctuate much during the year. In Apr - May the hotspot in N Italy disappears, few birds in France, no birds left in SE Europe. Numbers in C Scandinavia and S Finland increase. In Jun - Jul few birds left in Italy. In Aug - Sep numbers in Italy increase. In Oct the hotspot in N Italy is building up and numbers in France and SE Europe increase. Numbers in C Scandinavia and Finland decrease.

Connectivity by Month by Region for Eurasian Wren

Scandinavian breeders are reported from S Scandinavia (Sep - Apr), the Low Countries, France and C Europe (Oct - Apr) and Spain (Dec - Feb). Finnish birds are reported from S Sweden (Sep, Oct and Apr), Lithuania (Sep), Poland (Oct - Feb) and Czechia (Oct, Mar). UK breeders are found in France (Jan - Mar) and Ireland (Nov). Breeders of the Low Countries are found in France (Oct - Apr), the UK (Oct - Feb), Poland (Oct), Spain and Morocco (Nov). Breeders in C Europe are found in France (Oct - Apr), N Italy (Oct - Feb), the Low Countries (Oct - Dec), Algeria (Mar) and the UK (Nov). Birds from E Europe were reported from W Europe (Oct - Feb), Italy (Nov - Mar), C Europe (Sep -Jan), S Sweden (Oct), Croatia (Jan - Feb) and the UK (Feb).

Henk van der Jeugd

References

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Mapped data*
Total available data
*Mapped data include only distant (>= 50 km) recoveries