Bananaquit

Sightings
Bananaquit was possibly the most common species at the Asa Wright Centre with dozens of sightings each day especially near and on the bird feeders. It is possibly the most abundant and widespread passerine in Trinidad and Tobago.

Species
Bananaquit Coereba flaveola has an uncertain affinity with other species and has been classified as incertae sedis by some taxonomic authorities but is now classified as the single member of its own family Coerebidae by the IOC.

Status and distribution
Bananaquit has a stable population in an enormous range of over twenty two million square kilometres which covers central and south America and the Caribbean. There are a remarkable 41 subspecies (the largest of any species / jc?) of which C. f. luteola is found in coastal north Colombia and north Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago. Many islands have an endemic subspecies for example Bahamas, Barbados and Jamaica.

References
Asa Wright Centre; BirdLife; Wikipedia; World Bird Names; Kenefick, M., Restall, R., and Hayes, F. (2015) Birds of Trinidad and Tobago, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 220

Photograph
1/1000th of a second, f5.6 and ISO 1000