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Bananaquit
Reinita Común
Coereba flaveola
The bananaquit (Coereba flaveola) 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 either 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. Its name is derived from its yellow color and the English word quit, which refers to small passerines of tropical America; cf. grassquit, orangequit.
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About the Bananaquit
This atlas includes Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola) with atlas status “Resident” within scope “Avibase inferred core 380.” Puerto Rico context sources associate it with Nearly all wooded and human-modified habitats; gardens.
Conservation
Least Concern
IUCN LC
- Global IUCN
- LC
- Puerto Rico DNER
- No current listing in source crosswalk
- Federal ESA
- No current listing in source crosswalk
- Critical habitat
- Not identified in source crosswalk
Natural history
How it lives
- Habitat
- Nearly all wooded and human-modified habitats; gardens
- Elevation
- 0–2600 m
- Nest
- Sphere / globular · Tree
- Clutch
- 2–4 eggs
- Social behavior
- Social / flocking; Pairs / family groups; Singly and pairs
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- Why to Limit Pishing and Other Bird-attraction Methods
- How to keep a field notebook for birds in Puerto Rico
- How to make a complete and useful eBird checklist
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- Black-and-yellow birds
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- Lesson plan on Puerto Rico birds
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- Puerto Rico birds: pictures and names
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Sources, media & further reading
Research note: Older DRNA endemic-subspecies list; confirm current recognition