Wrens (Troglodytidae)

Cobb's Wren (Troglodytes cobbi) - HBW 10, p. 437

French: Troglodyte de Cobb German: Falklandzaunkönig Spanish: Chochín Malvinero
Other common names: Rock Wren(!)

Taxonomy: Troglodytes cobbi Chubb, 1909, Carcass Island, north-west of West Falkland, Falkland Islands.
Forms a superspecies with T. aedon, T. brunneicollis, T. musculus, T. tanneri and T. beani, and all often treated as conspecific. Present species distinct from others, however, in large size, different plumage and markedly different ecology. Monotypic.

Distribution: Small offshore islands in Falkland Is.