Cuban grassquit
| Cuban grassquit | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Male at Canberra Walk In Aviary, Australia | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae (see text) |
| Genus: | Tiaris |
| Species: | T. canorus |
| Binomial name | |
| Tiaris canorus (Gmelin, 1789) | |
The Cuban grassquit (Tiaris canorus) is a small bird formerly placed with the Emberizidae. It is now recognized as a tanager closely related to Darwin's finches. It is found in Bahamas, Cuba, and Turks and Caicos Islands.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Tiaris canorus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.