Yellow-shouldered Grassquit (Loxipasser anoxanthus)

Other Names (World)
Yellow-shouldered Grassquit, Yellow-backed Grassquit Bird, Yellow-backed Finch, Yellow-backed Grass Bird, Yellow-shouldered Finch

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
10 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gosse, 1847)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland and dry forest. From sea-level - 1,800 m.

Range (Guide)

Jamaica (B).

Jamaica.

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 (2)...)

Yellow-shouldered Grassquit (Loxipasser anoxanthus) [XC48143]
by Richard C. Hoyer from Ecclesdown, Portland, Jamaica (song)

Yellow-shouldered Grassquit (Loxipasser anoxanthus) [XC713807]
by Richard C. Hoyer from Green Castle Estate House, Robins Bay, Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Genus may belong in tanager family (Thraupidae). Appears to be part of a clade which also includes several other Caribbean genera (Euneornis, Melopyrrha, Loxigilla, Melanospiza), Tiaris grassquits, Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola), and "Darwin's finches" (Certhidea, Platyspiza, Pinaroloxias, Camarhynchus, Geospiza).

References
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