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Grassquit
Grassquits are small tropical birds currently placed in the tanager family, Thraupidae, although they had earlier been thought to be of the family Emberizidae. They are common in the West Indies and in Central and South American countries around the Caribbean Sea. * Cuban grassquit (''Phonipara canora'') * Sooty grassquit (''Asemospiza fuliginosa'') * Dull-coloured grassquit (''Asemospiza obscura'') * Yellow-faced grassquit The yellow-faced grassquit (''Tiaris olivaceus'') is a passerine bird in the tanager family Thraupidae and is the only member of the genus ''Tiaris''. It is native to Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. Taxonomy In 1760 the Frenc ... (''Tiaris olivaceus'') * Black-faced grassquit (''Melanospiza bicolor'') * Yellow-shouldered grassquit (''Loxipasser anoxanthus'') * Blue-black grassquit (''Volatinia jacarina'') References Thraupidae {{Thraupidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue-black Grassquit
The blue-black grassquit (''Volatinia jacarina'') is a small Neotropical bird in the tanager family, Thraupidae. It is the only member of the genus ''Volatinia''. It is a common and widespread bird that breeds from southern Mexico through Central America, and South America as far as northern Chile, Argentina, and Paraguay, and in Trinidad and Tobago. A male was also observed in Graham County, Arizona on July 15 and July 17, 2023. This species is sexually dimorphic; the male is glossy blue with some white under the wing. The female is brown above and pale buff with darker streaks below. Taxonomy The blue-black grassquit was described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1766 in the twelfth edition of his ''Systema Naturae'' under the binomial name ''Tanagra jacarina''. Linnaeus based his description on the "Jacarni" that was described in 1648 by the German naturalist Georg Marcgrave in his ''Historia Naturalis Brasiliae''. The type locality is eastern Brazil. The specific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black-faced Grassquit
The black-faced grassquit (''Melanospiza bicolor'') is a small bird. It is recognized as a tanager closely related to Darwin's finches. It breeds in the West Indies except Cuba, on Tobago but not Trinidad, and along the northern coasts of Colombia and Venezuela. Taxonomy The first Species description, formal description of the black-faced grassquit was by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1766 in the 12th edition of Systema Naturae, twelfth edition of his ''Systema Naturae''. He introduced the binomial nomenclature, binomial name ''Fringilla bicolor''. Linnaeus based his description on the "Bahama Sparrow" that was described and illustrated by Mark Catesby in his ''The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands'' which was published between 1729 and 1732. The black-faced grassquit was traditionally placed in the genus ''Tiaris''. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that this genus was polyphyletic and that the black-faced grassquit was cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
