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[[Image:99614669 rpUxNmZC CubanGrassquitTiariscanorus00.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male<br />Photo by {{user|WHP|WHP}}<br />Viñales, [[Cuba]], March 2008]]
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[[Image:99614669 rpUxNmZC CubanGrassquitTiariscanorus00.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|WHP|WHP}}<br />Viñales, [[Cuba]], 29 March 2008]]
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''Tiaris canorus''
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
Olive-green above, grey below, with yellow from throat going back behind auriculars and continuing as a rear supercilium to about the eye. Male has black face and upper breast, female has face reddish-brown, yellow is dingier, and breast is unmarked grey.  
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11.5 cm (4½ in)<br />
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Olive-green above, grey below, with yellow from throat going back behind auriculars and continuing as a rear supercilium to about the eye.<br />
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Male has black face and upper breast<br />
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Female has face reddish-brown, yellow is dingier, and breast is unmarked grey.  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
 
[[Cuba]] and Isle of Pines where becoming rare in west and central due to capture for cage bird trade; introduced to New Providence in the [[Bahamas]].   
 
[[Cuba]] and Isle of Pines where becoming rare in west and central due to capture for cage bird trade; introduced to New Providence in the [[Bahamas]].   
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
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This species has been placed in genus ''[[:Category:Tiaris|Tiaris]]'' in the past.
  
The scientific name has been spelled ''canora'' in the past.
 
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Lowland dry shrubland, but also forests (mainly edges) to mid elevation.
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Lowland dry shrubland, but also forests (mainly edges) to mid elevation.  
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
Usually in flocks except when breeding. Feeds on seeds
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Usually in flocks except when breeding.  
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====Diet====
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Their main diet consists of seeds and small fruits.
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====Breeding====
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Their nest is a large dome constructed from woven grass; it is lined with softer materials and placed in low branches. The clutch contains 2-3 pale greenish-white eggs, which have purplish spots.
 
==References==
 
==References==
#{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}#Wikipedia
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug19}}#Rising, J. D. (2020). Cuban Grassquit (Phonipara canora), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.cubgra.01
 
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
{{GSearch|Tiaris+canor}}
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{{GSearch|Grassquit+canor*}}
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Tiaris]]
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Phonipara]]

Latest revision as of 19:40, 20 August 2021

Male
Photo © by WHP
Viñales, Cuba, 29 March 2008
Phonipara canora

Tiaris canorus

Identification

11.5 cm (4½ in)
Olive-green above, grey below, with yellow from throat going back behind auriculars and continuing as a rear supercilium to about the eye.
Male has black face and upper breast
Female has face reddish-brown, yellow is dingier, and breast is unmarked grey.

Distribution

Cuba and Isle of Pines where becoming rare in west and central due to capture for cage bird trade; introduced to New Providence in the Bahamas.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

This species has been placed in genus Tiaris in the past.

Habitat

Lowland dry shrubland, but also forests (mainly edges) to mid elevation.

Behaviour

Usually in flocks except when breeding.

Diet

Their main diet consists of seeds and small fruits.

Breeding

Their nest is a large dome constructed from woven grass; it is lined with softer materials and placed in low branches. The clutch contains 2-3 pale greenish-white eggs, which have purplish spots.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Rising, J. D. (2020). Cuban Grassquit (Phonipara canora), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.cubgra.01

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