Spending its life in the deep seclusion of great Alaskan forests prevents even ardent bird enthusiasts observing its ways. Where the giant firs tower and twilight the ground beneath, these sprites of the north round out the cycle of existence, singing to few human ears, not hunting or loving before many human eyes.
Similar to Winter Wren. Eggs slightly larger.
Saint George Island, Pribilof Islands, eastern Aleutian Islands and western part of Alaska Peninsula.
Similar to Alaska Wren.
Western Aleutian Islands, Attu, Amchitka and Kiska.
Generally distributed on coast mountains of Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon; becoming shrubby at higher elevations (3000) and attaining a height of 125 feet in the favorable coastal regions.