Bananaquit

Coereba flaveola

Silhouette: Ferran Sayol · PhyloPic

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

at Irazú Volcano National Park

1 Verified sightings at Irazú Volcano National Park From 2019 to 2026

56,220 Verified sightings across all 77 parks From 2019 to 2026

☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

About the Bananaquit

The bananaquit (Coereba flaveola) is a species of passerine bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. Before the development of molecular genetics in the 21st century, its relationship to other species was uncertain, and it was placed with the buntings and New World sparrows in the family Emberizidae, with New World warblers in the family Parulidae, or its own monotypic family, Coerebidae. This small, active nectarivore is found in warmer parts of the Americas and is generally common.

Its name derives from its yellow color and the English word quit, which refers to small passerines of tropical America; cf. grassquit, orangequit. Carl Linnaeus formally described the bananaquit in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae as Certhia flaveola. He based his description on the "black and yellow bird" described by John Ray and Hans Sloane, and the "Black and Yellow Creeper" described and illustrated by George Edwards in 1751. The bananaquit was reclassified as the only member of the genus Coereba by Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1809. The genus name is of uncertain origin but may be from a Tupi name Güirá for a small black and yellow bird. The specific epithet flaveolus is... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Irazú Volcano National Park

Diglossa plumbea

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

Chlorophanes spiza

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Acanthidops bairdi

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Thraupis episcopus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Tiaris olivaceus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Volatinia jacarina

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Tangara icterocephala

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Saltator grandis

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Turdus nigrescens

Daily sighting probability ~90% · Very likely

Zonotrichia capensis

Daily sighting probability ~90% · Very likely

Chlorospingus pileatus

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

Cardellina pusilla

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

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Global Distribution

Warmer areas are where this animal is recorded most often.

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Daily sighting probability
1	Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park	🇯🇲 Jamaica	~90%
2	Main Ridge Forest Reserve	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	~90%
3	Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	~80%
4	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~70%
5	Tijuca National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~70%
6	Serra dos Órgãos National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~70%
7	Los Haitises National Park	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	~70%
8	Farallones de Cali National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~70%
9	Coiba National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~60%
10	Arenal Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~60%
11	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~50%
12	Canaima National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	~50%
13	Itatiaia National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~50%
14	Chapada Diamantina National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~50%
15	Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~50%
16	Piedras Blancas National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~50%
17	Chirripó National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~50%
18	Tenorio Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~50%
19	Marino Ballena National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~40%
20	Chapada dos Guimarães National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~40%
21	San Lorenzo Protected Forest	🇵🇦 Panama	~40%
22	Brownsberg Nature Park	🇸🇷 Suriname	~40%
23	Henri Pittier National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	~40%
24	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	~40%
25	Puracé National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~30%
26	Braulio Carrillo National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~30%
27	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~30%
28	Podocarpus National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	~30%
29	Serra da Canastra National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~30%
30	Utría National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~30%
31	Tayrona National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~30%
32	Iguazú National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	~30%
33	Anavilhanas National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~30%
34	Caroni Swamp	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	~30%
35	Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~20%
36	Cordillera Azul National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	~20%
37	Machalilla National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	~20%
38	Chagres National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~20%
39	Chingaza National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~20%
40	Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~20%
41	Cahuita National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~20%
42	Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~20%
43	Manuel Antonio National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~20%
44	Iguaçu National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~20%
45	Jaragua National Park	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	~20%
46	Manu National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	~20%
47	Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~10%
48	Madidi National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	~10%
49	Amboró National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	~10%
50	Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas	🇧🇷 Brazil	~10%
51	Emas National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~10%
52	Sierra de la Macarena National Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~10%
53	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
54	Rincón de la Vieja National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
55	Carara National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
56	Poás Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
57	Cusuco National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	<5%
58	Parque Natural Metropolitano	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
59	Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary	🇧🇿 Belize	<5%
60	Pico Bonito National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	<5%
61	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
62	Tikal National Park	🇬🇹 Guatemala	<5%
63	Los Quetzales National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
64	Volcán Barú National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
65	Los Nevados National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
66	Amacayacu National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
67	Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve	🇪🇨 Ecuador	<5%
68	Yasuní National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	<5%
69	Tambopata National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	<5%
70	Noel Kempff Mercado National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	Insufficient data
71	Irazú Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
72	Iberá National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	Insufficient data
73	Huascarán National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	Insufficient data
74	Palo Verde National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
75	Santa Rosa National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
76	Ciénaga de Zapata	🇨🇺 Cuba	Insufficient data
77	Las Baulas Marine National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data

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Bananaquit

About the Bananaquit

Recent sightings of Bananaquit in Irazú Volcano National Park

Closest Relatives at Irazú Volcano National Park

Slaty Flowerpiercer

Green Honeycreeper

Peg-billed Finch

Blue-gray Tanager

Yellow-faced Grassquit

Blue-black Grassquit

Silver-throated Tanager

Cinnamon-bellied Saltator

Sooty Thrush

Rufous-collared Sparrow

Sooty-capped Bush-Tanager

Wilson's Warbler

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found