{"id":34866,"date":"2019-12-21T23:38:32","date_gmt":"2019-12-22T03:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birdfinding.info\/?p=34866"},"modified":"2019-12-25T02:32:32","modified_gmt":"2019-12-25T06:32:32","slug":"st-lucia-wren","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/st-lucia-wren\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cSt. Lucia Wren\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Birdfinding.info \u21d2<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 The St. Lucia endemic form of House Wren<\/strong> is endangered but appears to be recovering and recolonizing some areas where it had been extirpated.\u00a0 Fairly reliable sites for it include Grand Anse, the Marquis Estate, Anse Chastenet, the Palmiste hills above Soufriere, and the Gros Piton Nature Trail.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u201cSt. Lucia Wren\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Family: Troglodytidae<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Endemic to St. Lucia<\/strong>, where it persists in relict status in the northeast and southwest.\u00a0 It appears to be recovering from near-extinction, and is occasionally reported from other parts of the island.<\/p>

In the northeast it occurs mainly in dry forests from the Marquis River Valley south to Ravine La Chaloupe.\u00a0 In the southwest, it occurs in wet forests and gardens from Anse Chastenet and the hills north of Soufriere south to Gros Piton.<\/p>

The main cause of its decline and near extinction was predation by the mongoose, which was introduced to control rats in the sugar cane plantations and is implicated in the extinction of the \u201cGuadeloupe Wren\u201d and \u201cMartinique Wren\u201d and the disappearance of many other ground-nesting birds from the Lesser Antilles.\u00a0 The impact of the mongoose is believed to have been less severe on St. Lucia because of the presence of a viper that prevented the mongoose from becoming established in certain areas.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Identification<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

A small, brown-and-white wren.\u00a0 The only wren known from St. Lucia.<\/p>

The palest of all the House Wren forms, its underparts are all-white except for the vent and undertail coverts, which are tinged rusty.<\/p>

The upperparts are warm-brown with darker brown barring on the wings and tail.\u00a0 Usually shows a conspicuous pale post-ocular stripe.<\/p>

The bill is mostly yellowish, somewhat darker on the upper mandible.\u00a0 Eyes and legs are dark.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u201cSt. Lucia Wren,\u201d T. a.<\/em> mesoleucus<\/em>.\u00a0 (Des Barras Road, Dauphin, St. Lucia; November 26, 2015.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Kyle Kittelberger<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u201cSt. Lucia Wren,\u201d T. a.<\/em> mesoleucus<\/em>.\u00a0 (Des Barras Road, Dauphin, St. Lucia; November 26, 2015.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Kyle Kittelberger<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u201cSt. Lucia Wren,\u201d T. a.<\/em> mesoleucus<\/em>.\u00a0 (Grand Anse, St. Lucia; May 11, 2011.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Carol M. Horner<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u201cSt. Lucia Wren,\u201d T. a.<\/em> mesoleucus<\/em>.\u00a0 (Marquis Estate, Dauphin, St. Lucia; January 17, 2015.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Jim Tietz<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u201cSt. Lucia Wren,\u201d T. a.<\/em> mesoleucus<\/em>.\u00a0 (Des Barras Road, Dauphin, St. Lucia; November 26, 2015.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Kyle Kittelberger<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u201cSt. Lucia Wren,\u201d T. a.<\/em> mesoleucus<\/em>.\u00a0 (Des Barras Road, Dauphin, St. Lucia; November 26, 2015.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Kyle Kittelberger<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u201cSt. Lucia Wren,\u201d T. a.<\/em> mesoleucus<\/em>.\u00a0 (Grand Anse, St. Lucia; May 11, 2011.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Carol M. Horner<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Notes<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Monotypic form, one of ten or so distinct forms of House Wren\u2014or Southern House Wren, when differentiated\u2014some of which may be best regarded as separate species.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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References<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Brewer, D., and B.K. MacKay. 2001. Wrens, Dippers, and Thrashers.<\/em> Yale University Press. New Haven.<\/p>

eBird. 2019. eBird: An online database of bird distribution and abundance. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, N.Y. http:\/\/www.ebird.org<\/a>. (Accessed December 8, 2019.)<\/p>

Gilardi, J.D., and J. Lyndon. 1998. Conservation of the St. Lucia house wren Troglodytes aedon mesoleucus: Distribution, abundance and breeding biology. Journal of the Wildlife Preservation Trust 34:91-102.<\/p>

Kroodsma, D., D. Brewer, and G.M. Kirwan. 2019. House Wren (Troglodytes aedon<\/em>). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive<\/em> (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D.A. Christie, and E. de Juana, eds.). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. https:\/\/www.hbw.com\/node\/58151<\/a>. (Accessed December 8, 2019.)<\/p>

Raffaele, H., J. Wiley, O. Garrido, A. Keith, and J. Raffaele. 1998. A Guide to the Birds of the West Indies<\/em>. Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a9 Tseng Chiu-wen Hank Birdfinding.info \u21d2\u00a0 The St. Lucia endemic form of House Wren is endangered but appears to be recovering and recolonizing some areas where it had been extirpated.\u00a0 Fairly reliable sites for it include Grand Anse, the Marquis Estate, Anse Chastenet, the Palmiste hills above Soufriere, and the Gros Piton Nature Trail. \u201cSt. 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