Bananaquit

Coereba flaveolaOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Bananaquits (Coerebidae)
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Overview

Bananaquit: Small and short-tailed with short, decurved black bill. Black above with white underparts. Belly washed with yellow with bold white stripe over eyes. Rump is yellow. Legs and feet are black. Weak fluttering flight, alternates rapid wing beats with brief periods of wings pulled to sides.

Range and Habitat

Bananaquit: Common in wooded areas and gardens of the Carribean, Mexico, Central and South America. A rare visitor to southern Florida, most often recorded in gardens containing exotic flowers.

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Voice Text

"tsip", "ezeereezee, eyteer, eyteer, sizit, zet"

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Family Bananaquits (Coerebidae)_blue
Species Coereba flaveola
Length4.5 Inches
Wingspan7.75 Inches

Bananaquit

Bananaquit: Small and short-tailed with short, decurved black bill. Black above with white underparts. Belly washed with yellow with bold white stripe over eyes. Rump is yellow. Legs and feet are black. Weak fluttering flight, alternates rapid wing beats with brief periods of wings pulled to sides.

● Song: "tsip", "ezeereezee, eyteer, eyteer, sizit, zet"

● Foraging & Feeding: Bananaquit: Feeds on a varitey of nectar producing flowers, small insects, fruit, and occasionally tree sap. Will both pollinate flowers and rob nectar by piercing a hole in the base of the flower and sipping without pollinating. Visits syrup and sugar water feeders regularly.

● Breeding & nesting: Bananaquit: Territorial and presumably monogamous. Female builds a messy nest of grasses and plant fibers on edge of a branch. Globe nest is typically 5 - 30 feet above ground in a tree or shrub. Female lays three cream or buff eggs with brown spots. Female incubates for 12 - 13 days, both adults tend to altricial young until fledging at 15 - 18 days.

● Similar species: Bananaquit: No other bird in North America shows this combintation of field marks, particularly the decurved bill with red gape.

Flight Pattern

Bananaquit Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Bananaquit: Common in wooded areas and gardens of the Carribean, Mexico, Central and South America. A rare visitor to southern Florida, most often recorded in gardens containing exotic flowers.
BreedingMonogamous
PopulationAbundant on breeding grounds, Casual to FL coast
MigrationNonmigratory
Weight0.3 Ounces