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Grey Trembler

Cinclocerthia gutturalis

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestDomed nestMedium · 69 g
Grey Trembler (Cinclocerthia gutturalis), photo 1
Photo: chrisdt · CC BY 4.0
Grey Trembler (Cinclocerthia gutturalis), photo 2
Photo: chrisdt · CC BY 4.0
Grey Trembler (Cinclocerthia gutturalis), photo 3
Photo: Derek Duplessis · CC BY 4.0
Grey Trembler (Cinclocerthia gutturalis), photo 4
Photo: Derek Duplessis · CC BY 4.0
Grey Trembler (Cinclocerthia gutturalis), photo 5
Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0
Grey Trembler (Cinclocerthia gutturalis), photo 6
Photo: novvictan · CC BY 4.0
Grey Trembler (Cinclocerthia gutturalis), photo 7
Photo: chrisdt · CC BY 4.0
Grey Trembler (Cinclocerthia gutturalis), photo 8
Photo: chrisdt · CC BY 4.0
Grey Trembler (Cinclocerthia gutturalis), photo 9
Photo: Derek Duplessis · CC BY 4.0
Grey Trembler (Cinclocerthia gutturalis), photo 10
Photo: chrisdt · CC BY 4.0

What the Grey Trembler sounds like

Sonogram of the Grey Trembler: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Justin Watts · Call · Soufriere, St Lucia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The grey trembler is 23 to 26 cm (9.1 to 10.2 in) long and weighs 65 to 76.2 g (2.29 to 2.69 oz). The species has a long, slightly downcurved bill, the female's longer than the male's. Adults of the nominate subspecies have warm gray-brown upperparts with a somewhat darker face and wings. The throat and the middle of the breast and abdomen are buffy white. The sides of the breast are a lighter gray brown and the flanks browner with an olive tinge. Juveniles are browner and have a mottled chest. C. g. macrorhyncha has a grayer buffy breast and pale cinnamon flanks. Voice: The grey trembler's song is "epeated notes and phrases, harsh to melodic, quavering whistles".

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When to see the Grey Trembler

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Grey Trembler

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

St. Lucia Martinique

About the Grey Trembler

The grey trembler is a songbird species in the family Mimidae, the mockingbirds and thrashers. It is found only on Martinique and Saint Lucia in the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean Sea.

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Easily confused with

Brown Trembler (Cinclocerthia ruficauda) Brown TremblerCinclocerthia ruficaudaThe nominate subspecies of brown trembler is 20.5 to 26 cm (8.1 to 10.2 in) long; males weigh 47.6 to 65.4 g (1.68 to 2.31 oz) and females 42.8 to 71 g (1.51 to 2.50 oz).

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