- 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 southwestern Cuba.
Taxonomy
This species is monotypic.1
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.
References
- Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.