Kingdom Animalia Family Troglodytidae Genus Wrens Order Passerine | Class Aves Phylum Chordata Rank Subspecies | |
Similar Shetland wren, St Kilda wren, St Kilda field mouse, Arran whitebeams, Cerastium nigrescens | ||
A fair isle wren preening october 2016 biking birder
The Fair Isle wren (Troglodytes troglodytes fridariensis) is a small passerine bird in the wren family. It is a subspecies of the Eurasian wren endemic to Fair Isle, Shetland, Scotland. It was first described by Kenneth Williamson in 1951.
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Description
The Fair Isle wren is darker and larger than the mainland form of the winter wren, though not as dark as another insular subspecies, the Shetland wren, T. t. zetlandicus.
Status
Fair Isle is a small island, 7.68 km2 in area, and the population of the wren is tiny, varying from ten to fifty pairs, breeding mainly on boulder beaches.
References
Fair Isle wren Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA