Yellow-shouldered Grassquit (Loxipasser anoxanthus) | Photos, Calls and ID

Least ConcernRareEndemicOmnivoreForestDomed nestTiny · 11 g

Yellow-shouldered Grassquit (Loxipasser anoxanthus), photo 1 — Photo: (c) avocat, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Yellow-shouldered Grassquit (Loxipasser anoxanthus), photo 2 — Photo: (c) Eric Knight, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Yellow-shouldered Grassquit (Loxipasser anoxanthus), photo 3 — Photo: (c) avocat, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Yellow-shouldered Grassquit (Loxipasser anoxanthus), photo 4 — Photo: (c) avocat, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Yellow-shouldered Grassquit (Loxipasser anoxanthus), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Eric Knight, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Yellow-shouldered Grassquit (Loxipasser anoxanthus), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Dan MacNeal, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

About the Yellow-shouldered Grassquit

The yellow-shouldered grassquit is a species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae that is endemic to Jamaica. It is the only member of the genus Loxipasser. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and heavily degraded former forest.

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Where it lives

Regular range

Jamaica

When to see it

JFMAMJJASOND

Peak activity in March · a variable species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Grey Warbler-FinchCerthidea fuscaThe grey warbler-finch is a species of bird, one of Darwin's finches in the tanager family Thraupidae.

Black-backed TanagerStilpnia peruvianaThe black-backed tanager is a bird species in the Thraupidae family.

White-throated SeedeaterSporophila albogularisThe white-throated seedeater is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

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