Common Name: Bananaquit aka Yellow Breast
Scientific Name: Coereba flaveola sp. barbadensis
Description: 4-5 inches;
upperparts black with some white patches ; black head with white eyebrow stripe
(yellow in juveniles); bill curved; neck black, breast yellow, rump white
Habitat: Island wide
– can be found in flower gardens etc – Feeds on the nectar of flowers.
Many
sub-species of Coereba
flaveola are found throughout the Caribbean with sp. Bardadensis being endemic
to Barbados.
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