Cuban Grassquit (Phonipara canora)

Other Scientific Names
Tiaris canora [BirdLife International (2004)], Tiaris canora [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Tiaris canora [Stotz et al. (1996)]

Other Names (World)
Cuban Grassquit, Melodious Grassquit

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
11.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1789)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical and tropical dry shrubland.

Range (Guide)

Bahamas, Cuba, Turks and Caicos Islands.

Cuba.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (1)...)

Cuban Grassquit (Phonipara canora) [XC548265]
by Hans Matheve from Finca Monumental, La Habana, Cuba (call, song)

Cuban Grassquit (Phonipara canora) [XC212779]
by JL Guerra from Vi\u00f1ales, Pinar del R\u00edo, Cuba (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Genus may belong in tanager family (Thraupidae). Appears to be part of a clade which also includes several Caribbean genera (Euneornis, Loxipasser, Melopyrrha, Loxigilla, Melanospiza), Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola), and "Darwin's finches" (Certhidea, Platyspiza, Pinaroloxias, Camarhynchus, Geospiza). Molecular data suggest that genus as currently constituted is polyphyletic. Further research is required.

References
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