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Forms a superspecies with Brown-throated Wren (Troglodytes brunneicollis), Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus), Clarion Wren (Troglodytes tanneri), Cozumel Wren (Troglodytes beani) and Cobb's Wren (Troglodytes cobbi) and all have often been treated as conspecific, as suggested by field observations, but recent DNA analyses indicate that present species and first two are three separate species. The others, isolated on islands, likely also to be distinct. Intergrades with Brown-throated Wren (Troglodytes brunneicollis) in southern Arizona. Birds breeding in eastern part of range (from Michigan and Quebec south to Kentucky and West Virginia) described as subspecies baldwini, but poorly differentiated from, and therefore merged with, nominate. Species name domesticus has priority, but use of aedon almost universal; this has led to the proposal that the name domesticus be officially suppressed in order to favour stability in nomenclature.

The following 35 subspecies are recognised:

• parkmanii Audubon, 1839   -  Breeds southern Canada (British Columbia east to western Ontario) south to extreme north-western Mexico (northern Baja California) and in USA to western Texas and western Kentucky. Non-breeding from south-western and southern USA (California and Texas) south to southern Mexico (south to Oaxaca).
• aedon Vieillot, 1809   -  Breeds south-eastern Canada (Ontario east to southern Quebec) and southern in USA to Kentucky and Virginia. Non-breeding south-eastern USA (Carolinas south to Texas) and north-eastern Mexico.
• cahooni Brewster, 1888   -  Southern USA (southern Arizona) and central Mexico (south to Zacatecas and Michoacán). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Brown-throated Wren (Troglodytes brunneicollis).
• brunneicollis Sclater, PL, 1858   -  Eastern Mexico from San Luis Potosí­ and Hidalgo south to Oaxaca. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Brown-throated Wren (Troglodytes brunneicollis).
• intermedius Cabanis, 1861   -  Southern Mexico (south-eastern Oaxaca, Tabasco) south to central Costa Rica. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus).
• peninsularis Nelson, 1901   -  Yucatán Pen. (south-eastern Mexico).
• beani Ridgway, 1885   -  Eastern Mexico (Cozumel I. off Quintana Roo). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Cozumel Wren (Troglodytes beani).
• inquietus Baird, SF, 1864   -  Extreme south-western Costa Rica and Panama (east to Darién). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus).
• carychrous Wetmore, 1957   -  Coiba I, off southern Panama. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus).
• pallidipes Phillips, AR, 1986   -  Pearl Is (San Jose and Pedro González, possibly also Bayoneta and Santelmo), off south-eastern Panama. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus).
• guadeloupensis (Cory, 1886)   -  Guadeloupe, in northern Lesser Antilles. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus).
• rufescens (Lawrence, 1877)   -  Dominica. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus).
• martinicensis (Sclater, PL, 1866)   -  Martinique (Lesser Antilles). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Antillean House Wren (Troglodytes martinicensis).
• mesoleucus (Sclater, PL, 1876)   -  St Lucia. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus).
• musicus (Lawrence, 1878)   -  St Vincent. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus).
• grenadensis (Lawrence, 1878)   -  Grenada, in southern Lesser Antilles. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus).
• tobagensis Lawrence, 1888   -  Tobago. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus).
• atopus Oberholser, 1904   -  Northern Colombia. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus).
• effutitus Wetmore, 1958   -  North-eastern Colombia (Guajira Peninsula and extreme north-eastern Magdalena). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus).
• striatulus (Lafresnaye, 1845)   -  Western and central Colombia and western Venezuela. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus).
• columbae Stone, 1899   -  Eastern Andes in Venezuela and Colombia. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus).
• clarus von Berlepsch & Hartert, 1902   -  Venezuela (except west), Trinidad, the Guianas and eastern Colombia south to north-eastern Peru and northern and western Brazil. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus).
• albicans von Berlepsch & Taczanowski, 1884   -  South-western Colombia and western Ecuador. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus).
• musculus Naumann, JF, 1823   -  Central, eastern and southern Brazil (south to Mato Grosso), eastern Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina (Misiones). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus).
• bonariae Hellmayr, 1919   -  North-eastern Argentina, Uruguay and extreme south-eastern Brazil. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus).
• puna von Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1896   -  Northern and eastern Peru and north-western Bolivia. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus).
• audax Tschudi, 1844   -  Arid western coast of Peru (from Trujillo south to Pisco). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus).
• carabayae Chapman & Griscom, 1924   -  Central and southern Peru (Juní­n south to Puno). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus).
• tecellatus d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837   -  Extreme south-western Peru and northern Chile (Lluta Valley). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus).
• rex von Berlepsch & Leverkühn, 1890   -  Central and eastern Bolivia, northern Argentina and western Paraguay. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus).
• atacamensis Hellmayr, 1924   -  Northern Chile. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus).
• chilensis Lesson, R, 1830   -  From central Chile (southern from Aconcagua) and central Argentina south to Tierra del Fuego. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus).
• baldwini Oberholser, 1934   -  South-central Canada to southern US.
• compositus Griscom, 1934   -  Mts. of eastern Mexico (Coahuila and Nuevo León to Puebla).
• nitidus Nelson, 1903   -  Mt Zempoaltepec, in Oaxaca. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Brown-throated Wren (Troglodytes brunneicollis).

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