White-breasted Thrasher

White-breasted Thrasher
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Mimidae
Genus: Ramphocinclus
Lafresnaye, 1843
Species: R. brachyurus
Binomial name
Ramphocinclus brachyurus
(Vieillot, 1818)

The White-breasted Thrasher (Ramphocinclus brachyurus) is a species of bird in the Mimidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Ramphocinclus.[1] It is found in Martinique and Saint Lucia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. ^ Thomas M. Brooks, John D. Pilgrim, Ana S. L. Rodrigues & Gustavo A. B. Da Fonseca (2005). "Conservation status and geographic distribution of avian evolutionary history". In Andy Purvis, John L. Gittleman & Thomas Brooks. Phylogeny and Conservation. Conservation Biology. 8. Cambridge University Press. pp. 267–294. ISBN 9780521825023. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3W_TN0790vEC&pg=PA292.