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Cuban grassquit

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Cuban grassquit
Male at Canberra Walk In Aviary, Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Tiaris
Species:
T. canorus
Binomial name
Tiaris canorus
(Gmelin, 1789)
Synonyms

Phonipara canora

The Cuban grassquit (Tiaris canorus) is a small bird. It is recognized as a tanager closely related to Darwin's finches. It is found in Bahamas, Cuba, and Turks and Caicos Islands.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.

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