Endemic to St. Lucia<\/strong>, where it persists in relict status in the northeast and southwest.\u00a0 It appears to be recovering from near-extinction, and is occasionally reported from other parts of the island.<\/p>

In the northeast it occurs mainly in dry forests from the Marquis River Valley south to Ravine La Chaloupe.\u00a0 In the southwest, it occurs in wet forests and gardens from Anse Chastenet and the hills north of Soufriere south to Gros Piton.<\/p>

The main cause of its decline and near extinction was predation by the mongoose, which was introduced to control rats in the sugar cane plantations and is implicated in the extinction of the \u201cGuadeloupe Wren\u201d and \u201cMartinique Wren\u201d and the disappearance of many other ground-nesting birds from the Lesser Antilles.\u00a0 The impact of the mongoose is believed to have been less severe on St. Lucia because of the presence of a viper that prevented the mongoose from becoming established in certain areas.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t