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ShrublandDomed nestTiny · 10 g
What the Bananaquit sounds like
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The bananaquit is a small bird, although size varies somewhat across the subspecies. Length can range from 10 to 13 cm (3.9 to 5.1 in). Weight ranges from 5.5 to 19 g (0.19 to 0.67 oz). Most subspecies of the bananaquit have dark grey (almost black) upperparts, black crowns and sides of the head, a prominent white eyestripe, grey throat, white vent, and yellow chest, belly, and rump. Coloration is heavily influenced by melanocortin 1 receptor variation. The sexes are alike, but juveniles are duller and often have partially yellow eyebrows and throat.
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When to see the Bananaquit
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Bananaquit
The map shades 46 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in United States.
About the Bananaquit
The bananaquit is a species of passerine bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. Before the development of molecular genetics in the 21st century, its relationship to other species was uncertain, and it was placed with the buntings and New World sparrows in the family Emberizidae, with New World warblers in the family Parulidae, or its own monotypic family, Coerebidae. This small, active nectarivore is found in warmer parts of the Americas and is generally common.
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Easily confused with
Blue-grey TanagerThraupis episcopusThe blue-gray tanager is 16–18 cm (6.3–7.1 in) long and weighs 30–40 g (1.1–1.4 oz).
Palm TanagerThraupis palmarumAdult palm tanagers are 19 cm (7.5 in) long and weigh 36 g (1.3 oz).
Saffron FinchSicalis flaveolaThe male is bright yellow with an orange crown which distinguishes it from most other yellow finches (the exception being the orange-fronted yellow finch).
Side by side: Bananaquit vs Blue-grey Tanager · Bananaquit vs Palm Tanager · Bananaquit vs Saffron Finch
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