Galapagos Species Database

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Coereba flaveola Linnaeus, 1758

Jilguero Dorado), Mielero Flavo, Bananaquit

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Chordata

Class
Aves

Order
Passeriformes

Family
Thraupidae

Genus
Coereba

Species
flaveola

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Status

Least concern

Distribution

Distribution: Swash and Still (2000) list “one record” but with no further information or attribution.

References

  • Freile, J.F. Santander, T., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Carrasco, L., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Guevara, E., Sánchez-Nivicela, M., Tinoco, B. (2019) Lista Roja de las aves del Ecuador Quito, Ecuador. 97 pp.
  • IUCN (2015) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015-4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 November 2015.
  • Swash, A. Still, R. (2000) Birds, mammals, and reptiles of the Galapagos Islands, an identification guide. Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, 168 pp.
  • Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Coereba flaveola", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5069. Accessed 31 October 2026.