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The Zapata wren (Ferminia cerverai) is a bird found in Cuba. Found in Cuba. It eats insects and other small invertebrates, reptiles and frogs and seeds and nuts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Endangered.

🏡 Where the Zapata wren lives

Found in Cuba.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🐛 Insects & bugs70%
• 🦎 Reptiles & frogs10%
• 🌰 Seeds & nuts10%
• 🌿 Leaves & plants10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

Hear the Zapata wren

Recorded by Ralf Wendt (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC621983. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Zapata wren

Where does the Zapata wren live?

The Zapata wren lives in Cuba. Found in Cuba.

What does the Zapata wren eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 70%), reptiles and frogs (about 10%), seeds and nuts (about 10%), leaves and other plant parts (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Zapata wren endangered?

Very few are left in the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Endangered.

More birds from North America

• Red-winged blackbird
• Wilson's storm petrel
• Blue-gray tanager
• White-crowned sparrow
• Northern house wren
• Osprey

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.