Grey Trembler

Cinclocerthia gutturalis

Least ConcernRareInvertebratesForestDomed nestMedium · 69 g

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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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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What the Grey Trembler sounds like

Recording: Justin Watts · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Where it lives

Regular range

When to see it

Peak activity in March · a variable species across most of its range

Easily confused with

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