Black-faced Grassquit
Melanospiza bicolor
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyThraupidae (Tanagers and Allies)
- GenusMelanospiza (Black Finches)
- SpeciesMelanospiza bicolor (Black-faced Grassquit)
Closest Relatives at Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park
Bananaquit
Coereba flaveola
Orangequit
Euneornis campestris
Greater Antillean Bullfinch
Melopyrrha violacea
Yellow-shouldered Grassquit
Loxipasser anoxanthus
Yellow-faced Grassquit
Tiaris olivaceus
Loggerhead Kingbird
Tyrannus caudifasciatus
White-chinned Thrush
Turdus aurantius
Jamaican Spindalis
Spindalis nigricephala
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticilla
Jamaican Oriole
Icterus leucopteryx
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Setophaga caerulescens
Sad Flycatcher
Myiarchus barbirostris
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park | 🇯🇲 Jamaica | |
| 2 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 3 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 4 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Los Haitises National Park | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | |
| 6 | Jaragua National Park | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | |
| 7 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 8 | Puracé National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Black-faced Grassquit in Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park?
About 35% of visitor-days record a Black-faced Grassquit sighting in Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park, based on 235 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Black-faced Grassquit in Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Black-faced Grassquit in Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park in our monthly data.