wren

troglodyte mignon

Très petit oiseau brun d’Europe et d’Asie, à queue courte relevée et au chant puissant.

En anglais simple : A very small brown bird of Europe and Asia, with a short raised tail and a loud song.

• A wren sang in the hedge.
• The wren raised its short tail.
• We saw two wrens in our English garden.

Synonymes : Eurasian wren

Expressions courantes : eurasian wren, wren song

troglodyte

Petit oiseau chanteur d’une famille surtout présente en Amérique, qui tient souvent sa queue relevée.

En anglais simple : A small singing bird from a family found mainly in the Americas, often with a raised tail.

• A house wren nested near our porch.
• Carolina wrens sing loudly even in winter.
• The cactus wren lives in dry parts of North America.

Synonymes : true wren

Expressions courantes : house wren, cactus wren

mérion, séricorne

Petit oiseau ressemblant aux troglodytes, mais appartenant à une autre famille.

En anglais simple : A small bird resembling a true member of the wren family but belonging to another family.

• A blue fairy wren landed on the fence.
• Scrub wrens searched for insects under the leaves.
• These Australian wrens belong to a different bird family.

Expressions courantes : fairy wren, scrub wren