Skip to main content

Bewick's wren

Thryomanes bewickii

CA Special Concern

Species of Special Concern in California

Small brown wren with white eyebrow stripe and barred tail. Year-round resident; insectivore that controls garden pests from shrubs and wood piles.

Plants that support Bewick's wren

4 plants

California Fescue

Festuca californica

moderate

grass

Dense cover for nesting and roosting habitat

Bay Area native

Desert Mallow*

Malacothamnus hallii

high

shrub

Dense branches provide nesting and roosting cover

Bay Area native

Interior Silktassle

Garrya congdonii

high

shrub

nest and roost in dense evergreen shrub structure year-round

Bay Area native

Licorice Fern

Polypodium glycyrrhiza

moderate

perennial herb

uses dense fern understory patches for cover and foraging for invertebrates in coastal scrub and oak woodlands

Bay Area native