Editing Sedge wren (section)

== Distribution and habitat ==

=== Distribution ===
During the breeding season they are found in the southern half of Alberta and Saskatchewan and in southern Ontario and Quebec in Canada and in the United States, west of the Appalachians, from the Canadian border to Missouri and northern Arkansas. During migration and winter they are found from the southern half of Arkansas down to Texas and Florida.<ref name=":0" />
[[File:Sedge Wren (Cistothorus stellaris) (22276100980).jpg|thumb|278x278px|Sedge wren in tall vegetation]]

=== Habitat ===
During the breeding season, sedge wrens generally occupy meadows and wet grasslands.<ref name=":8">{{Cite journal | last1=Robert|first1=Michel|last2=Jobin|first2=Benoît|last3=Latendresse|first3=Claudie|last4=Giguère|first4=Sylvain|last5=Shaffer|first5=François|date=2009|title=Habitat use by Sedge Wrens in Southern Québec | journal=Wilson Journal of Ornithology | volume=121 | issue=2 | pages=347–358 | jstor=20616906 | doi=10.1676/08-057.1 |s2cid=84147758 }}</ref><ref name=":7" /><ref name=":9">{{Cite journal|last=Bedell|first=Paul A.|date=1996|title=Evidence of dual breeding ranges for the Sedge Wren in the Central Great Plains | journal=Wilson Bulletin|volume=108|issue=1|pages=115–122| jstor=4163643 | url=https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/wilson/v108n01/p0115-p0122.pdf }}</ref><ref name=":6" /> They can however live in wetter areas such as marshes<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Manci|first1=Karen M.|last2=Rusch|first2=Donald H.|date=1988|title=Indices to distribution and abundance of some inconspicuous waterbirds on Horicon Marsh (Indices de Distribución y Abundancia de Aves Inconspicuas de Área Anegadiza Horicon) |journal=Journal of Field Ornithology|volume=59|issue=1|pages=67–75| jstor=4513297 }}</ref> and dryer habitat such as dry prairies.<ref name=":9" /> They prefer areas with dense and tall grasses and sedges to build their nests.<ref name=":8" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":14">{{Cite journal|last=Walkinshaw|first=Lawrence H.| year=1935 | title=Studies of the Short-Billed Marsh Wren (''Cistothorus stellaris'') in Michigan | journal=The Auk | volume=52 | issue=4 | pages=362–369 | doi=10.2307/4077509 | jstor=4077509 | url=https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v052n04/p0362-p0369.pdf }}</ref>

During winter, migratory sedge wrens can be found in a variety of habitat as long as there are sufficient insects to eat.<ref name=":12">{{cite journal|last1=Brooks | first1=Matthew E.| last2=Stouffer | first2=Philip C. | year=2011 | title=Interspecific variation in habitat preferences of grassland birds wintering in southern pine savannas | journal=Wilson Journal of Ornithology | volume=123 | issue=1 | pages=65–75 | jstor=23033484 | doi=10.1676/10-039.1 | s2cid=5253039}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite journal|last1=Butler|first1=Adam B.|last2=Martin|first2=James A.|last3=Palmer|first3=William E.|last4=Carroll|first4=John P.|year=2009|title=Winter use of South Florida dry prairie by two declining grassland passerines | jstor=10.1525/cond.2009.080080 | journal=The Condor | volume=111| issue=3|pages=511–522|doi=10.1525/cond.2009.080080|doi-access=free}}</ref> For example, they can be found in pine savannas,<ref name=":12" /> dry prairies,<ref name=":13" /> meadows,<ref name=":0" /> marshes,<ref name=":0" /> and bogs.<ref name=":0" />