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WetlandDomed nestSmall · 26 g
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Measuring about 16 centimetres (6.3 in) in length, it is brown overall, though striped with black and with grayish underparts. Its tail is long. The bird's song is similar to that of the house wren, in that it is high-pitched and loud, described as a "musical warble preceded by guttural note, given in series of three or four phrases."
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When to see the Zapata Wren
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Where to see the Zapata Wren
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About the Zapata Wren
The Zapata wren is a medium-sized grayish-brown bird that lives in dense shrubs of the Zapata Swamp, Cuba. It is the only member of the monotypical genus Ferminia, which is endemic to Cuba and endangered. This species was first described in 1926 by Thomas Barbour and named after its co-discoverer, Fermín Zanón Cervera.
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Easily confused with
Southern Chestnut-breasted WrenCyphorhinus thoracicusThe southern chestnut-breasted wren is 11.5 to 15 cm (4.5 to 5.9 in) long and weighs 26.5 to 41 g (0.93 to 1.45 oz).
Cozumel WrenTroglodytes beaniThe Cozumel wren is a very small passerine bird in the wren family Troglodytidae that is endemic to the small island of Cozumel off the eastern coast of Mexico.
Tooth-billed WrenOdontorchilus cinereusThe tooth-billed wren is 12 cm (4.7 in) long; one male weighed 11 g (0.39 oz).
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