Trembler
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Tremblers are a New World group of passerine bird
s related to mockingbird
s 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
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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 Mockingbird
s. The tremblers do not just flick their wings, but shake their entire bodies in a trembling motion.
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
s related to mockingbird
Mockingbird
Mockingbirds are a group of New World passerine birds from the Mimidae family. They are best known for the habit of some species mimicking the songs of other birds and the sounds of insects and amphibians, often loudly and in rapid succession. There are about 17 species in three genera...
s and New World catbirds. Like these, they are in the Mimidae family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
. There are 2-4 species in one genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
, Cinclocerthia:
- Grey TremblerGrey TremblerThe Grey Trembler is a songbird species in the family Mimidae. It is found only in Martinique and Saint Lucia, the Martinique Trembler on the former island, the Saint Lucia Trembler The Grey Trembler (Cinclocerthia gutturalis) is a songbird species in the family Mimidae. It is found only in...
(Martinique Trembler), Cinclocerthia (gutturalis) gutturalis- Saint Lucia Trembler, Cinclocerthia (gutturalis) macrorhyncha
- (Southern) Brown TremblerBrown TremblerThe Brown Trembler is a species of bird in the Mimidae family. Northern birds from Guadeloupe northwards may represent a separate species from those on Dominica and St. Vincent....
, Cinclocerthia (ruficauda) ruficauda- Northern Brown Trembler, Cinclocerthia (ruficauda) tremula
Among the living birds, they are apparently most closely related to the Pearly-eyed Thrasher
Pearly-eyed Thrasher
The Pearly-eyed Thrasher is a bird found in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, the Bahamas and Antilles. Its genus, Margarops, is considered monotypic today; formerly the Scaly-breasted Thrasher was placed here too...
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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 Mockingbird
Northern Mockingbird
The Northern Mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos, is the only mockingbird commonly found in North America. This species was first described by Linnaeus in his Systema naturae in 1758 as Turdus polyglottos....
s. The tremblers do not just flick their wings, but shake their entire bodies in a trembling motion.