What does the Carolina Wren eat?
Thryothorus ludovicianus
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Diet overview
Insectivore, primarily feeding on insects and spiders, occasionally small fruits or seeds.
How it forages
Forages actively in dense vegetation, gleaning insects and spiders from leaves, bark, and crevices. Often hops and creeps through tangles, probing with its bill. Occasionally forages on the ground among leaf litter.
When it feeds
Diurnal.
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