Buntings and New World Sparrows (Emberizidae)
Yellow-faced Grassquit (Tiaris olivaceus) - HBW 16, p. 668
French: Cici grand-chanteur
German: Goldbrauen-Gimpelfink
Spanish: Semillero Tomeguín
Other common names: Mexican Grassquit
Taxonomy: Emberiza olivacea Linnaeus, 1766, Dominica = Hispaniola.
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 required. Proposed race coryi (described from Cayman Brac, in Cayman Is) is synonymized with nominate. Five subspec.. View all taxonomy...
Taxonomy: Emberiza olivacea Linnaeus, 1766, Dominica = Hispaniola.
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 required. Proposed race coryi (described from Cayman Brac, in Cayman Is) is synonymized with nominate. Five subspecies recognized.
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 required. Proposed race coryi (described from Cayman Brac, in Cayman Is) is synonymized with nominate. Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- pusillus Swainson, 1827 - Atlantic slope of Mexico S locally through Central America to Colombia (W of E Andes, excluding Santa Marta region) and NW & E Ecuador, and W Venezuela (SW Mérida and Táchira).
- intermedius (Ridgway, 1885) - Cozumel I (off Quintana Roo), in E Mexico.
- ravidus Wetmore, 1957 - Coiba I (off S Veraguas), in W Panama.
- pusillus Swainson, 1827 - Atlantic slope of Mexico S locally through Central America to Colombia (W of E Andes, excluding Santa Marta region) and NW & E Ecuador, and W Venezuela (SW Mérida and Táchira).
- intermedius (Ridgway, 1885) - Cozumel I (off Quintana Roo), in E Mexico.
- ravidus Wetmore, 1957 - Coiba I (off S Veraguas), in W Panama.
- olivaceus (Linnaeus, 1766) - Cuba, I of Pines, Cayman Is, Jamaica and Hispaniola.
- bryanti (Ridgway, 1898) - Puerto Rico and neighbouring islands.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male singing Locality Cayo Coco, Ciego de Avila Province, Cuba (ssp olivacea)
Josep del Hoyo 8 August 2004 7 years ago 23 sec 4.7 -
An adult male and a juvenile feeding together on a garden bird-table Locality El Yarey, Jiguaní, Granma Province, Cuba (ssp olivacea)
Joe Angseesing 24 March 2007 4 years ago 33 sec 4.7 -
A male in a tree, singing softly Locality Arrierito Antioqueño Natural Reserve, Anorí, Antioquía Department, Colombia (ssp pusilla)
Josep del Hoyo 11 February 2007 5 years ago 37 sec 4.6 -
filmed on offroad between ANAM building and El Calvario view point in el Cope National Park Locality El Cope, Panama Province, Panama
Thore Noernberg 28 September 2012 32 weeks ago 25 sec 4.5 -
A male on a wire, singing and preening Locality Najasa, Cuba (ssp olivacea)
Josep del Hoyo 4 August 2004 7 years ago 18 sec 4.4 -
Foraging in the grass. Locality Montego Bay, Cornwall County, Jamaica (ssp olivaceus)
Ken Simonite 9 January 2012 1 year ago 12 sec 4.2
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Eating corn.
Locality Rocklands Bird Sanctuary, Anchovy, Cornwall County, Jamaica (ssp olivaceus)
Ken Simonite 8 January 2012 1 year ago 4.2 -
Under rain
Locality Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve, Monteverde, Costa Rica (ssp pusillus)
Guy Poisson 1 January 2009 2 years ago 4.2 -
Localmente llamado Gallito, este es un macho adulto de la especie. Su nombre latino ha sido cambiado a (Tiaris olivaceus).
Locality Heredia Province, Costa Rica
Luis Vargas 16 August 2009 3 years ago 4.1 -
A singing male.
Locality Morazán, Pérez Zeledón, San José Province, Costa Rica
manuel retana 3 December 2012 24 weeks ago 4 -
to build its nest
Locality Bonanza, Atlántico Norte Autonomous Region, Nicaragua
Orlando Jarquín G. 17 December 2011 1 year ago 4 -
Lateral view of a male bird at bird feeder
Locality Kingston, Surrey County, Jamaica (ssp olivacea)
Mikko Pyhälä 26 January 2011 2 years ago 3.9
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Foraging calls (single note, slightly metallic) from a young male; the short trill at the end is a flight call Locality Breezes Jibacoa, Santa Cruz del Norte, Mayabeque Province, Cuba
(ssp olivaceus)
Joe Angseesing 14 May 2011 37 weeks ago 5 -
A singing male Locality Uxmal Ruins, Yucatán State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern)
(ssp pusillus)
Stuart Fisher 8 June 2009 3 years ago 3
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