Cinclocerthia
| Tremblers | |
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| Brown trembler | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Mimidae |
| Genus: |
Cinclocerthia G.R. Gray, 1840 |
| Species | |
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Cinclocerthia gutturalis |
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| Synonyms | |
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Buleites Gistl, 1848 |
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Cinclocerthia gutturalis
Cinclocerthia ruficauda
(but see text)
Buleites Gistl, 1848
Stenorhynchus Gould, 1838 (non Lamarck, 1818: preoccupied)
Tremblers are a New World group of passerine birds related to mockingbirds and New World catbirds. Like these, they are in the Mimidae family. There are 2-4 species in one genus, Cinclocerthia:
Among the living birds, they are apparently most closely related to the pearly-eyed thrasher.
Their common name comes from their peculiar behavior: if excited, they will show a much more exaggerated version of the wing-flicking also seen in other mimids, for example the northern mockingbirds. The tremblers do not just flick their wings, but shake their entire bodies in a trembling motion.
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