| Fair Isle Wren | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Troglodytidae |
| Genus: | Troglodytes |
| Species: | Troglodytes troglodytes |
| Subspecies: | T. t. fridariensis |
| Trinomial name | |
| Troglodytes troglodytes fridariensis Williamson, 1951 |
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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.[1]
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.[2]
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.[2]