Bananaquit
Coereba flaveola
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyThraupidae (Tanagers and Allies)
- GenusCoereba (Bananaquits)
- SpeciesCoereba flaveola (Bananaquit)
The bananaquit (Coereba flaveola) is a species of passerine bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. Before the development of molecular genetics in the 21st century, its relationship to other species was uncertain, and it was placed with the buntings and New World sparrows in the family Emberizidae, with New World warblers in the family Parulidae, or its own monotypic family, Coerebidae. This small, active nectarivore is found in warmer parts of the Americas and is generally common. Its name derives from its yellow color and the English word quit, which refers to small passerines of tropical America; cf. grassquit, orangequit. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Noel Kempff Mercado National Park
Silver-beaked Tanager
Ramphocelus carbo
Red-capped Cardinal
Paroaria gularis
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarum
Blue-black Grassquit
Volatinia jacarina
Blue-gray Saltator
Saltator coerulescens
Sayaca Tanager
Thraupis sayaca
Blue-gray Tanager
Thraupis episcopus
Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch
Sporophila angolensis
Blue Dacnis
Dacnis cayana
Yellow-bellied Dacnis
Dacnis flaviventer
Turquoise Tanager
Tangara mexicana
Swallow Tanager
Tersina viridis
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Bananaquit at Noel Kempff Mercado National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there