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
Cuban Grassquit (Phonipara canora) [XC256751]
by id from San Diego de los Banos, Pinar del R\u00edo, Cuba (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.