bananaquit
coereba flaveola latin

Even the most common, the brazen yellow bananaquit, is full of character.

The Bananaquit is a small bird, although there is some degree of size variation across the various subspecies.

It has recently been suggested the Bananaquit should be split into three species, but this has yet to receive widespread recognition.

This species was formerly placed in the family Coerebidae with the Bananaquit and honeycreepers.

More than 30 species of tropical birds nest in the park, including the bananaquit, hummingbirds and smooth-billed ani.

Common Caribbean birds like the Bananaquit are found on the island, as is the ubiquitous Blackbird.

Currently, the conebills are normally placed in Thraupidae and the Bananaquit in its own family.

Coerebidae: Bananaquit.

Since recent studies have shed some light on the Bananaquit's affinities, many authorities consider Coerebidae an obsolete taxon.

The Bananaquit builds a spherical lined nest with a side entrance hole, laying up to three eggs, which are incubated solely by the female.

The Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola) is a species of passerine bird of uncertain relation.

The species has a subtle voice and its call and song resemble those of the Bananaquit, the most abundant bird in Puerto Rico.

The Bananaquit was first described by Linnaeus in his Systema Naturae in 1758 as Certhia flaveola.

The bananaquit, Puerto Rican bullfinch and Puerto Rican Tody share nests with the coquí.

The red-purple fruits provide food for birds, including the Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola) and the Western Spindalis (Spindalis zena).

On 15 February 2013, the American Ornithologists' Union marked this species in their database as a taxonomic synonym to the incertae sedis family containing the Bananaquit.

Prior to 2005 the Bananaquit was assigned to the monotypic family Coerebidae; there is currently no agreement to which family it belongs; some authors place it into the Emberizidae.

The New World warblers are closely related to the tanagers, and some species like the conebills Conirostrum and the Bananaquit have been placed into either group by different authorities.

These families (with the possible exception of the Fringillidae) appear to form a clade; the status of the peculiar Olive Warbler and the distinct Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola) need to be clarified.

But the same open slats that let in mosquitoes also admitted the breeze - and the little bananaquit birds that occasionally fluttered in by accident, then zoomed out in a feathery, black and yellow blur.

Most subspecies of the Bananaquit have dark grey (almost black) upperparts, black crown and sides of the head, a prominent white eyestripe, grey throat, white vent, and yellow chest, belly and rump.

Noteworthy marine species include: Audubon's Shearwater, Magnificent Frigatebird, Brown Booby and Royal Tern; non-marine: Green Heron and Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola tricolor).

The spindalises were traditionally considered aberrant tanager of the family Thraupidae, but like the equally enigmatic Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola), they are often treated as incertae sedis (place uncertain) among the nine-primaried oscines.

The Bananaquit is part of a group that includes Darwin's finches, Tiaris (grassquits), Loxigilla, etc.-most of which were previously placed in Emberizidae, but are now known to actually be part of the Thraupidae.

Pictured on the U.S. Virgin Islands quarter are the outlines of the islands of Saint Croix, Saint Thomas, and Saint John, a palm tree, a bananaquit bird, and a yellow cypress flower, along with the motto "United in Pride and Hope".

The Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola) is a species of passerine bird of uncertain relation.

The red-purple fruits provide food for birds, including the Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola) and the Western Spindalis (Spindalis zena).

These families (with the possible exception of the Fringillidae) appear to form a clade; the status of the peculiar Olive Warbler and the distinct Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola) need to be clarified.

Noteworthy marine species include: Audubon's Shearwater, Magnificent Frigatebird, Brown Booby and Royal Tern; non-marine: Green Heron and Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola tricolor).

The spindalises were traditionally considered aberrant tanager of the family Thraupidae, but like the equally enigmatic Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola), they are often treated as incertae sedis (place uncertain) among the nine-primaried oscines.