Yellow-faced Grassquit
Photographed in Holguin, Cuba May 2018
Male
The Yellow-faced Grassquit is a small
grayish-green finch that occurs from southeastern Mexico south to northern
South America, and Caribbean islands. It is a common species that occurs in
open grassy fields, pastures, roadsides, and clearings. Grassquits often travel
in loose flocks, sometimes associating with other species, and primarily forage
on grass seeds.
Female
The
adult male’s forehead, sides of face and of throat, and breast black. The chin
and upper throat are dark yellow. Crown, back, wing coverts, and tail olive
green. Belly and flanks grayish green. Bend of wing yellow. Females have olive
green upperparts, with a faint buff-yellow.
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