Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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Dutch | Grote Cubavink |
English | Yellow-faced Grassquit |
English (United States) | Yellow-faced Grassquit |
French | Tiaris grand-chanteur |
French (France) | Tiaris grand-chanteur |
French (Haiti) | Sporophile grand chanteur |
German | Goldbrauen-Gimpeltangare |
Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Ti Zèb |
Icelandic | Gróðurtittlingur |
Japanese | キマユクビワスズメ |
Norwegian | gulstrupegresspurv |
Polish | kubanik |
Russian | Желтолицый семилеро |
Serbian | Žutoliki graskvit |
Slovak | ostrovčan trávový |
Spanish | Semillero Tomeguín |
Spanish (Costa Rica) | Semillerito Cariamarillo |
Spanish (Cuba) | Tomeguín de la tierra |
Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Cigüita de Hierba |
Spanish (Ecuador) | Semillerito Cariamarillo |
Spanish (Honduras) | Semillero Cara Amarilla |
Spanish (Mexico) | Semillero Oliváceo |
Spanish (Panama) | Semillerito Cariamarillo |
Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Gorrión Barba Amarilla |
Spanish (Spain) | Semillero tomeguín |
Spanish (Venezuela) | Tordillo Yerbero |
Swedish | tiaratangara |
Turkish | Sarı Yüzlü Tohumcul |
Ukrainian | Потрост золотогорлий |
Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
Version: 1.0 — Published January 7, 2011
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Sounds and Vocal Behavior
Vocalizations
The song of the Yellow-faced Grassquit is a rapid buzzy trill, which often is described as weak and insect-like (e.g., Hilty and Brown 1986, Howell and Webb 1995). Grant et al. (2000) also reported a short buzz, with a maximum frequency of 12 kHz and preceded by a short loud note. In Panama singing is seasonal, and begins with the onset of the wet season; singing is most frequent when the grassquit is nesting, but "continues until the rains end many months later" (Wetmore et al. 1984). The song is given from a low perch, such as on a stem of tall grass or atop a low shrub. Sometimes several males sing from the same shrub (Skutch 1954, Stiles and Skutch 1989). When courting a female, the male rapidly vibrates the wings while singing as perched a few cm from the female (Stiles and Skutch 1989).
The calls of the Yellow-faced Grassquit include a "high, slightly sharp sik or tsi" (Howell and Webb 1995).
Nonvocal Sounds
None reported.