- Brown Trembler
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Brown Trembler Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Mimidae Genus: Cinclocerthia Species: C. ruficauda Binomial name Cinclocerthia ruficauda
(Gould, 1836)The Brown Trembler (Cinclocerthia ruficauda) is a species of bird in the Mimidae family. Northern birds from Guadeloupe northwards may represent a separate species (C. tremula) from those on Dominica and St. Vincent.
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 2004. Cinclocerthia ruficauda. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 25 July 2007.
- 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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