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Species
Troglodytes troglodytes
Meaning
From Germanic werna
Other names
Compared to the kirinki of Númenor (though it is unclear whether the two birds were directly related)

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Wrens

Tiny brown birds

Small brown birds, recognisable by their upright, twitching tails and surprisingly loud voices. Wrens are very small birds, just a few inches in length, and in tale of Aldarion and Erendis they are compared to a similarly tiny bird. The kirinki of Númenor were described as wren-like, but where the wren's colouring is a drab brown, kirinki had bold scarlet plumage.


See also...

Kirinki

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