Fair Isle wren

Fair Isle wren
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Troglodytidae
Genus: Troglodytes
Species:
Subspecies:
T. t. fridariensis
Trinomial name
Troglodytes troglodytes fridariensis

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, an island about halfway between mainland Shetland and Orkney. It was first described by the British ornithologist Kenneth Williamson in 1951.[1]

  1. ^ Williamson, Kenneth. (1951). The wrens of Fair Isle. Ibis 93(4): 599-601.[1]