Allenia
| Scaly-breasted thrasher | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Scaly-breasted thrasher. Coulibistrie, Dominica. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Mimidae |
| Genus: |
Allenia Cory, 1891 |
| Species: | A. fusca |
| Binomial name | |
|
Allenia fusca Müller, 1776 |
|
| Synonyms | |
|
Margarops fuscus |
|
Margarops fuscus
The scaly-breasted thrasher (Allenia fusca) is a species of bird in the Mimidae family found in the Caribbean Lesser Antilles. It was formerly united with the pearly-eyed thrasher in Margarops but now is again placed in the monotypic genus Allenia.
It is found in Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It may have disappeared from Barbados, Barbuda and Sint Eustatius. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.
...
Wikipedia