- Ferminia cerverai
Identification
15.5-16cm. It has a long tail and bill and is brown with black barring above and browny-white below.
Distribution
Zapata Swamp of Cuba.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Marsh with seasonally flooded sawgrass.
Behaviour
Both sexes build the nest which is a ball of saw-grass leaves, with a side entrance, and lined with feathers, placed amongst saw-grass. 2 eggs are laid and incubated by the female alone.
The diet includes insects, spiders, lichen, seeds, slugs, snails, snail eggs, lizards and frogs.
