Order
Passeriformes
Family
Mimidae
Genus
Cinclocerthia
 
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Version 1.0

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SPECIES

Brown Trembler Cinclocerthia ruficauda

Eric Sibbald
Version: 1.0 — Published December 12, 2014

Priorities for Future Research

Introduction

Brown Trembler is widespread in the Lesser Antilles, but remains rather poorly known, with most information on its natural history coming from observations on a single island (Dominica). Even the geographic distribution of this species is not clear: its reported presence on the islands of Martinique and St. Lucia does not seem to be well documented. If Brown Trembler does occur on either or both island, then an obvious research priority would be to document any contact and interactions with the other species of trembler on these islands, Gray Trembler (Cinclocerthia gutturalis). There is very little information on the breeding biology of Brown Trembler, and the reported use of nestboxes should be confirmed. Population monitoring would be useful, to better assess the trembler's response to human effects on forested habitats in the Antilles. A comparative analysis of vocalizations among the different populations of Brown Trembler, and between Brown and Gray tremblers, would be interesting. Other topics that merit further attention include social behavior, territoriality, and sexual behavior of Brown Trembler, and demographic factors such as life span and survivorship, dispersal, or population regulation.

Recommended Citation

Sibbald, E. (2014). Brown Trembler (Cinclocerthia ruficauda), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.brotre1.01