Wrens (Troglodytidae)
Zapata Wren (Ferminia cerverai) - HBW 10, p. 417
French: Troglodyte de Zapata
German: Kubazaunkönig
Spanish: Cucarachero de Zapata
Other common names: Cervera’s Wren, Cuban Marsh Wren, Fermina Wren
Taxonomy: Ferminia cerverai Barbour, 1926, Santo Tomás, Zapata Peninsula, Cuba.
A highly aberrant species, with uncertain affinities. May be most closely related to Cistothorus or Troglodytes, but in need of much further study, especially of its DNA, to elucidate its true taxonomic relationships. Monotypic.
Distribution: Zapata Swamp, in W Cuba.
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A bird singing Locality Zapata Peninsula, Matanzas Province, Cuba (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 July 2004 8 years ago 38 sec 4.6 -
A bird singing and flying away Locality Zapata Peninsula, Matanzas Province, Cuba (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 July 2004 8 years ago 53 sec 4.5 -
A bird singing from a reed-bed Locality Zapata Peninsula, Matanzas Province, Cuba (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 July 2004 8 years ago 55 sec 4.3 -
A bird perched in a tree, singing Locality Zapata Peninsula, Matanzas Province, Cuba (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 July 2004 8 years ago 52 sec 3.6 -
One individual calling after play-back in a marshy area with some scattered mangroves. Locality Zapata Peninsula, Matanzas Province, Cuba (Monotypic species)
Kini Roesler 18 March 2009 4 years ago 23 sec 3
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An individual perched on a branch.
Locality Zapata Peninsula, Matanzas Province, Cuba (Monotypic species)
Albert Masó 41 weeks ago 4 -
A bird skulking in the reeds.
Locality Ciénaga de Zapata, Cuba (Monotypic species)
David Lingard 9 February 2012 1 year ago 3.8 -
A bird singing in the long grass
Locality Ciénaga de Zapata, Cuba
Arthur Grosset 16 February 2005 3 years ago 3.3
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A male singing. Locality Zapata Peninsula, Matanzas Province, Cuba
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 July 2004 21 weeks ago 4
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