The bird that could fly to the highest altitude would be made king. The wren was also known as the kuningilin ('kinglet') in Old High German, a name associated with the fable of the election of the "king of birds".
This points to a Common Germanic name wrandjan-, but the further etymology of the name is unknown. The Icelandic name is attested in Old Icelandic ( Eddaic) as rindilþvari. It is cognate to Old High German: wrendo, wrendilo, and Icelandic: rindill (the latter two including an additional diminutive -ilan suffix). The English name "wren" derives from Middle English: wrenne and Old English: wrænna, attested (as wernnaa) very early, in an eighth-century gloss. Wrens are primarily insectivorous, eating insects, spiders and other small invertebrates, but many species also eat vegetable matter and some eat small frogs and lizards. Wrens have short wings that are barred in most species, and they often hold their tails upright. Exceptions include the relatively large members of the genus Campylorhynchus, which can be quite bold in their behaviour.
Most wrens are visually inconspicuous (they are the shortest bird in England) though they have loud and often complex songs. The name wren has been applied to other, unrelated birds, particularly the New Zealand wrens ( Acanthisittidae) and the Australian wrens ( Maluridae). Only the Eurasian wren occurs in the Old World, where, in Anglophone regions, it is commonly known simply as the "wren", as it is the originator of the name. The family includes 88 species divided into 19 genera. Wrens are a family of brown passerine birds in the predominantly New World family Troglodytidae. For other uses, see Wren (disambiguation).Įurasian wren recorded in Speyside, Scotland
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