Order
Passeriformes
Family
Thraupidae
Genus
Tiaris
 
Neotropical Birds
Version  1.0
This is a historic version of this account.   Current version

Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus

Michelle Torok and Kevin J. Burns
Version: 1.0 — Published January 7, 2011

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Recommended Citation

Torok, M. and K. J. Burns (2011). Yellow-faced Grassquit (Tiaris olivaceus), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.yefgra1.01
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