Black-faced Grassquit

Melanospiza bicolor - Sporophile cici Cici verdinère

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Thraupidés
Genus
:
Melanospiza
Species
:
bicolor

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1766

Biometrics

Size
: 12 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 7 à 13 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Black-faced Grassquit (Melanospiza bicolor) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.

Subspecific information 8 subspecies

Melanospiza bicolor bicolor (Bahama Is., islands off n Cuba)
Melanospiza bicolor marchii (Jamaica and Hispaniola)
Melanospiza bicolor omissa ()
Melanospiza bicolor huilae (c Colombia)
Melanospiza bicolor grandior (San Andrés Arch.. e of Nicaragua.)
Melanospiza bicolor johnstonei (La Blanquilla and Los Hermanos. off n Venezuela.)
Melanospiza bicolor sharpei (Netherlands Antilles)
Melanospiza bicolor tortugensis (La Tortuga. off n Venezuela.)

Foreign names

Sporophile cici,
Semillero bicolor,
papa-capim-bicolor,
Jamaikagimpeltangare,
feketeképű kölespinty,
Maskergrondvink,
Erbero faccianera,
sisitangara,
Skifergresspurv,
ostrovčan dvojfarebný,
kubánka dvoubarvá,
Jamaicafinke,
mustanaamasirkkunen,
menjagrà caranegre,
ziębołuszcz ciemnolicy,
melnā stērstiņa,
Чернолицый тиарис,
ニショクコメワリ,
黑脸草雀,
sisitangara,
黑臉離草雀,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Plantations, Rural Gardens, Urban Areas, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest