Bananaquit vs Blue-grey Tanager

Bananaquit

Coereba flaveola

Tiny10 gShrubland

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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Recorded by Gean Carlo Valdés · Song · Islas secas, Panama · CC0

Photo: Ron Knight from Seaford, East Sussex, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0

Blue-grey Tanager

Thraupis episcopus

Small35 gForest

The blue-gray tanager is 16–18 cm (6.3–7.1 in) long and weighs 30–40 g (1.1–1.4 oz). Adults have a light bluish head and underparts, with darker blue upperparts and a shoulder patch colored a different shade of blue. The bill is short and quite thick. Sexes are similar, but the immature is much duller in plumage. The song is a squeaky twittering, interspersed with tseee and tsuup call notes.

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Recorded by Gean Carlo Valdés · Song · Islas secas, Panama · CC0

Photo: Stephen Lewis · CC0

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