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Justification of Red List category
This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (extent of occurrence <20,000 km² combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population trend appears to be increasing, and hence the species does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size is extremely large, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

Population justification
The global population has not been quantified since the species was split.

Trend justification
This species has undergone a small or statistically insignificant increase over the last 40 years in North America (data from Breeding Bird Survey and/or Christmas Bird Count: Butcher and Niven 2007). Note, however, that these surveys cover less than 50%.

Troglodytes aedon is distributed from southern Canada through the U.S.A. to Mexico. The subspecies martinicensis of Martinique (to France) went extinct around 1900 (del Hoyo et al. 2005); its equivalent on Guadeloupe (to France), guadeloupensis, has not been recorded since 1973 and is likely to also be extinct (Levesque and Mathurin 2008).

Text account compilers
Butchart, S., Ekstrom, J. & Khwaja, N.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: House Wren Troglodytes aedon. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/house-wren-troglodytes-aedon on 23/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/11/2024.