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Troglodytes troglodytes muiri
A sub-species of Winter Wren named for John Muir
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| Winter Wren - Photo by Deanna Dawson, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. This specimen is an eastern sub-species, taken from Prince George's County, Maryland. |
Muir's Winter Wren,
Troglodytes troglodytes muiri
, is a sub-species of Winter Wren that ranges coastally from southwest Oregon through Marin County, California.
The race was described by Amadeo M. Rea, who notes:
"The first bird named in honor of John Muir, whose life's work of conservation has helped protect the redwood habitat of this wren."
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Scientific Name:
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Troglodytes troglodytes muiri
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Common Name:
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Muir's Winter Wren
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Family:
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Troglodytidae
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Order:
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Passeriformes
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Habitat:
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Thick undergrowth in moist forests. Resident coastally from SW Oregon (Coos. Co.) south to Marin Co., California. Winters rarely somewhat further south (Santa Cruz County).
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Types:
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Navarro River, 7 km. inland, Mendocino County, California
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Taxonomic Comments:
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Smallest, palest, least vermiculated western race. Nearest salebrosus, but paler and more rufescent with richer, more Ochraceous-Buff superciliary, buffier flanks and chest, and more contrastingly pale abdomen. Paler, brighter, and more rufuscent than obscurior. Paler and (when thoroughly foxed ) less deeply rufescent than pacificus.
(Phillips, 1986)
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Source:
The Known Birds of North and Middle America
by Allan R. Phillips (1986), p. 140.
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