Coereba flaveola
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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 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 derives from its yellow color and the English word quit, which refers to small passerines of tropical America; cf. grassquit, orangequit. Carl Linnaeus formally described the bananaquit in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae as Certhia flaveola. He based his description on the "black and yellow bird" described by John Ray and Hans Sloane, and the "Black and Yellow Creeper" described and illustrated by George Edwards in 1751. The bananaquit was reclassified as the only member of the genus Coereba by Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1809. The genus name is of uncertain origin but may be from a Tupi name Güirá for a small black and yellow bird. The specific epithet flaveolus is... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niterói | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Salvador | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Santo Domingo | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | |
| 4 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Natal | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 10 | Fortaleza | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | California Academy of Sciences | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Bronx Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Woodland Park Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States |
Very likely
Over 90% of wildlife watchers report a Bananaquit sighting in Niterói on a given day, based on 1,920 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 2nd most-seen of the 116 birds we can rate there.
April–October and December
In those months over 90% of wildlife watchers report a Bananaquit in Niterói on a given day, against about 80% in January, the lowest month.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bananaquit sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 34 cities where we can rate Bananaquit sightings, Niterói has the highest daily chance: over 90%. Next come Salvador (Brazil, about 90%) and Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic, about 90%).
Same family: Thraupidae
The closest relatives of the Bananaquit that you can see in Niterói (family Thraupidae, Tanagers and Allies) are Palm Tanager (about 90%), Sayaca Tanager (about 70%) and Saffron Finch (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bananaquit is recorded against all the birds logged in Niterói (1,920 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
