Fair Isle Wren

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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