#1402 · 🐦 birds

Bananaquit

🇳🇱 Suikerdiefje ·Coereba flaveola

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © subhashc · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Paul Joyce · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © David Cook Wildlife Photography · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Antonio W. Salas · CC BY 4.0
5. © Eduardo José Freitez Gassán · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Dario Sanches · CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico:© Evan C · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
8. Reserva Hidrológica Filo del Tallo:© froggymum · CC BY 4.0
9. Rio Largo - AL, Brasil:© eduardovieira17 · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Castries, St Lucia:© Cam Fox · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The bananaquit ( Coereba flaveola ) is a species of passerine bird Natural from Puerto Rico. It is tentatively placed in the tanager family, but classified as incertae sedis by other authorities such as the American Ornithologists' Union. Its classification is debated, and it is often placed in its own family: Coerebidae . It has recently been suggested the bananaquit should be split into three species, but this has yet to receive widespread recognition. This small, active nectarivore is...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 24,786iNaturalist observations
weight 1.4 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
24,786 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 1 g.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).