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Yellow shouldered grassquit

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Loxipasser anoxanthus

Higher classification
  
Loxipasser

Order
  
Passerine

Family
  
Thraupidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Species

Genus
  
Loxipasser Bryant, 1866

Similar
  
Orangequit, Nightingale Island finch, Short‑tailed finch, Vilcabamba brush finch, Dusky‑headed brush finch

Yellow shouldered grassquit jamaica


The yellow-shouldered grassquit (Loxipasser anoxanthus) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. Sometimes classified in the bunting and American sparrow family Emberizidae, more recent studies have shown it to belong in the tanager family. It is monotypic within the genus Loxipasser. It is endemic to Jamaica. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.

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Yellow-shouldered grassquit Wikipedia