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Yellow-shouldered grassquit

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Yellow-shouldered grassquit
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Loxipasser
Bryant, 1866
Species:
L. anoxanthus
Binomial name
Loxipasser anoxanthus
(Gosse, 1847)

The yellow-shouldered grassquit (Loxipasser anoxanthus) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is monotypic within the genus Loxipasser. It is endemic to Jamaica. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and heavily degraded former forest.

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Loxipasser anoxanthus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Raffaele, Herbert; James Wiley, Orlando Garrido, Allan Keith & Janis Raffaele (2003) Birds of the West Indies, Christopher Helm, London.