Zapata wren

Zapata wren
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Troglodytidae
Genus: Ferminia
Barbour, 1926
Species:
F. cerverai
Binomial name
Ferminia cerverai
Barbour, 1926

The Zapata wren (Ferminia cerverai) 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.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Ferminia cerverai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22711392A179717451. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22711392A179717451.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.