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Coereba

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  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the family Coerebidae — the bananaquit.

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Examples

  • Two endemic species of passeriforms on the island are Mimus magnirostris (nightingale) and Vireo caribaeus, and other subspecies are Icterus leucopteryx lawrencii, Vireo altiloquus canescens, Coereba flaveola oblita and Dendroica petechia flavida.

    Cayos Miskitos-San Andrés and Providencia moist forests 2007

  • Hawkins K, Bermingham E, Ricklefs RE, Mundy NI (2001) The molecular basis of an avian plumage polymorphism in the wild: a melanocortin-1-receptor point mutation is perfectly associated with the melanic plumage morph of the bananaquit, Coereba flaveola.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Pontus Skoglund et al. 2010

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