Brown trembler
The brown trembler (Cinclocerthia ruficauda) is a species of bird in the family Mimidae. Northern birds from Guadeloupe northwards may represent a separate species (C. tremula) from those on Dominica and St. Vincent.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Mimidae |
| Genus: | Cinclocerthia |
| Species: | C. ruficauda |
| Binomial name | |
| Cinclocerthia ruficauda (Gould, 1836) | |
It is found in the Lesser Antilles where it breeds on Saba, St. Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Dominica and St. Vincent. It formerly occurred on St. Eustatius. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and heavily degraded former forest.
References
- BirdLife International (2012). "Cinclocerthia ruficauda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Hunt, Jeffrey S.; Bermingham, Eldredge & Ricklefs, Robert E. (2001). "Molecular systematics and biogeography of Antillean Thrashers, Tremblers, and Mockingbirds (Aves: Mimidae)", Auk, 118 (1): 35–55.
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