Black-faced grassquit

Black-faced grassquit
Male, Jamaica
Female, Jamaica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Melanospiza
Species:
M. bicolor
Binomial name
Melanospiza bicolor
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Synonyms
  • Fringilla bicolor Linnaeus, 1766
  • Melanospiza bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766)

The black-faced grassquit (Melanospiza bicolor) is a small bird. It is recognized as a tanager closely related to Darwin's finches. It breeds in the West Indies except Cuba, on Tobago but not Trinidad, and along the northern coasts of Colombia and Venezuela.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Melanospiza bicolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22723611A132167813. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22723611A132167813.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.