Orangequit (Euneornis campestris)

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
14 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 1,500 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 (4)...)

Orangequit (Euneornis campestris) [XC877738]
by Nick Komar from Hotel Mockingbird Hill, Drapers, Portland Parish, Jamaica (call)

Orangequit (Euneornis campestris) [XC48136]
by Ross Gallardy from Silver Hill Gap, St. Andrew, Jamaica (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Sometimes placed in tanager family (Thraupidae), with which perhaps has closer ancestral affinities. Appears to be part of a clade which also includes several other Caribbean genera (Loxipasser, Melopyrrha, Loxigilla, Melanospiza), Tiaris grassquits, Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola), and "Darwin's finches" (Certhidea, Platyspiza, Pinaroloxias, Camarhynchus, Geospiza).

References
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