Bananaquit
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Tanagers and Allies

Bananaquit

Coereba flaveola

LCLeast Concern
Family
Tanagers and Allies (Thraupidae)
Order
Passeriformes

Overview

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.

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Last updated September 29, 2026.