Burung kicau (Songbirds)
Marsh Wren
Cistothorus palustris
- langka
- 55 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Each male builds up to a dozen decoy nests, just to confuse rivals. Overengineered messaging.
- Populasi
- ~11 million mature individuals globally (increasing trend, ~2.1%/year 1970-2017)
- Habitat
- Freshwater and brackish marshes, swamps, and bogs dense with cattails, bulrushes, and reeds; also inland alkaline/saline wetlands and coastal salt marshes
- Fakta menarik
- Male Marsh Wrens build many unused "dummy" nests within their territory — one male was recorded building 22 — likely to court females and confuse predators.
- Sebaran
- North America — breeds across southern Canada and the northern/central United States; year-round resident on the Pacific coast and parts of the interior and eastern US; winters in the southern US and Mexico
- Makanan
- Primarily insects and other arthropods — true bugs, caterpillars, beetles, ants, wasps, spiders, and snails
- Ukuran
- 0,12 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,15 m
- Masa hidup
- 2 tahun
