grassquit

Male.

Female. Eating some sugar she found over a garden stone.

A male. This is another species that was previously classified in the bunting and American sparrow family, Emberizidae, but it is closer to the Thraupidae (seedeaters).

The males can display very beautiful metallic colors under proper light.

Yellow-faced Grassquit (Tiaris olivaceus pusillus) Five subspecies are recognized with two being mapped for Panama. Subspecies pusillus is wide spread while subspecies ravidus is restricted to Coiba Island off of Veraguas Province. Species sexually dimorphic. Photographed in El Valle de Antn...

Taken at my parents backyard. Local name: Gorrin Negro

This birds are frequent visitor of my parents feeders. Local name: Gorrin Negro

These "generic brown birds" flit around the tall grasses, feeding on the seeds. More Curacao birds (and other critters) at: http://www.k8nd.com/CuracaoCritters.htm

This little fellow hopped around our feet looking for seed.

This was the only black-faced grassquit I could convince to hop on up and have a snack. It was an incredible experience.

Blue-black Grassquit - male

Here is the male at the feeder.

A female, very common around urban areas.