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Black-faced Grassquit

Melanospiza bicolor (Linnaeus, C 1766)

The black-faced grassquit is a small bird. It is recognized as a tanager closely related to Darwin's finches. It breeds in the West Indies except Cuba, on Tobago but not Trinidad, and along the northern coasts of Colombia and Venezuela. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Thraupidae
Genus:
   Melanospiza
Scientific:
  Melanospiza bicolor


Original description

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, C 1766)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1

Protonym:
  Fringilla bicolor

Type locality:
  America [= Bahamas] .

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137337#page/328/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  821B971F6DFB8DB2

Avibase ID:
  avibase-821B971F

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/821B971F


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 179160

Geographic range:

  • Melanospiza bicolor bicolor: Bahamas and cays off Las Villas Province (Cuba)
  • Melanospiza bicolor marchii: Jamaica, Hispaniola and adjacent islands
  • Melanospiza bicolor omissa: Puerto Rico, Tobago, Isla Margarita, n Colombia and n Venezuela
  • Melanospiza bicolor huilae: S-central Colombia (upper Magdalena Valley)
  • Melanospiza bicolor grandior: Islas Providéncia, Santa Catalina and San Andrés (w Caribbean Sea)
  • Melanospiza bicolor johnstonei: Isla La Blanquilla and Islas Los Hermanos (off Venezuela)
  • Melanospiza bicolor sharpei: Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire
  • Melanospiza bicolor tortugensis: Isla La Tortuga (off Venezuela)
  • Show more...
English:
Black-faced Grassquit
Catalan:
menjagrà caranegre
Czech:
kubánka dvoubarvá
Danish:
Jamaicafinke
German:
Jamaikagimpeltangare
Spanish:
Semillero Biocolor
Spanish (Spain):
Semillero Biocolor
Finnish:
mustanaamasirkkunen
French:
Cici verdinère
Croatian:
maslinastokrili sjemenar
Hungarian:
feketeképű kölespinty
Italian:
Erbero faccianera
Japanese (romaji):
nishokukomewari
Japanese:
ニショクコメワリ
Lithuanian:
Juodagalvis tiaris
Dutch:
Maskergrondvink
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Skifergrassporv
Norwegian:
Skifergresspurv
Polish:
kubanik ciemnolicy
Portuguese:
papa-capim-bicolor
Portuguese (Portugal):
sementeiro-de-faces-pretas
Russian:
Чернолицый семилеро
Slovak:
ostrovčan dvojfarebný
Serbian:
Crnoliki graskvit
Swedish:
sisitangara
Ukrainian:
Потрост чорноволий
Chinese:
黑脸草雀
Chinese (Traditional):
黑臉離草雀


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (1886):
Grassquit ( Euetheia bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 1st suppl.):
Grassquit ( Euetheia bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 2nd suppl.):
Grassquit ( Euetheia bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 3rd suppl.):
Grassquit ( Euetheia bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 4th suppl.):
Grassquit ( Euetheia bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 5th suppl.):
Grassquit ( Euetheia bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 6th suppl.):
Grassquit ( Euetheia bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 7th suppl.):
Grassquit ( Euetheia bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (1895):
Grassquit ( Euetheia bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 8th suppl.):
Grassquit ( Euetheia bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 9th suppl.):
Grassquit ( Euetheia bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 10th suppl.):
Grassquit ( Euetheia bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 11th suppl.):
Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 12th suppl.):
Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 13th suppl.):
Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 14th suppl.):
Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 15th suppl.):
Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (1910):
Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 16th suppl.):
Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 17th suppl.):
Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 18th suppl.):
Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (1931):
Bahama Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 19th suppl.):
Bahama Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 20th suppl.):
Bahama Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 21st suppl.):
Bahama Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 22nd suppl.):
Bahama Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 23rd suppl.):
Bahama Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 24th suppl.):
Bahama Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 25th suppl.):
Bahama Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 26th suppl.):
Bahama Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 27th suppl.):
Bahama Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 28th suppl.):
Bahama Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 29th suppl.):
Bahama Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 30th suppl.):
Bahama Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 31st suppl.):
Bahama Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (1957):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 32nd suppl.):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 33rd suppl.):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 34th suppl.):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (1983):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 35th suppl.):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 36th suppl.):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 37th suppl.):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 38th suppl.):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 39th suppl.):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 40th suppl.):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 41st suppl.):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (1998):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 42nd suppl.):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 43rd suppl.):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 44th suppl.):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 45th suppl.):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 46th suppl.):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 47th suppl.):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 48th suppl.):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 49th suppl.):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 50th suppl.):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 51st suppl.):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 52nd suppl.):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 53rd suppl.):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 54th suppl.):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 55th suppl.):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 56th suppl.):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 57th suppl.):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 58th suppl.):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 59th suppl.):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 60th suppl.):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl.):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl. and addendum):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 62nd suppl.):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 63rd suppl.):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 64th suppl.):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 65th suppl.):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor)
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Sporophile cici ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Sporophile cici ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Tiaris bicolor [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Tiaris bicolor [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Tiaris bicolor [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor)
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
Black-faced Grassquit ( Melanospiza bicolor) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Tiaris bicolor [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Tiaris bicolor [version 1]

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Species status: full species

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Catalan: menjagrà caranegre
Creoles and Pidgins, French-based (Other): sisi-zeb
Czech: Knežík dvojbarvý, kubánka dvoubarvá
Danish: Jamaicafinke
German: Jamaicafink, Jamaikagimpelfink, Jamaikagimpeltangare, Schwartzgesichtchen, Schwarzgesichtchen
English: Bahama Grassquit, Black-faced Grassquit, Grassquit
English, HBW: Black-faced Grassquit
English (IOC): Black-faced Grassquit
English (United States): Black-faced Grassquit
Spanish: Gorrión Negro, Juana Maruca, Semillerito Bicolor, Semillero Bicolor, Semillero Biocolor, Semillero Pechinegro, Tomeguín Prieto, tordillo común
Spanish (Colombia): Perdigón, Semillero Pechinegro
Spanish (Cuba): Tomeguín Prieto
Spanish (Dominican Rep.): Juana Maruca
Spanish (Spain): Semillero Biocolor
Spanish (HBW): Black-faced Grassquit
Spanish (Puerto Rico): Gorrión Negro/Chamorro Negro
Spanish (Venezuela): tordillo común
Finnish: Kultakaulussirkkunen, mustanaamasirkkunen
French: Chanteur cici, Chanteur de Cuba bicolore, Cici noir, Cici verdinère, Sporophile à face noire, Sporophile cici, Tiaris à face noire
French (AOU): Sporophile cici
French (Guadeloupe): Sporophile cici
Guadeloupean Creole French: Cici-zèb, Mangeurd'herbe
Haitian Creole French: Sisi zèb
Croatian: maslinastokrili sjemenar
Hungarian: feketeképű kölespinty
Italian: Erbero faccianera, Fringuello cantore faccianera
Japanese (romaji): nishokukomewari
Japanese: ニショクコメワリ
Scientific: Euetheia bicolor, Fringilla bicolor, Loxigilla bicolor, Melanospiza bicolor, Melanospiza bicolor bicolor, Tiaris bicolor, Tiaris bicolor bicolor
Lithuanian: Juodagalvis tiaris
Latvian: melnā stērstiņa
Dutch: Maskergrondvink
Norwegian Nynorsk: Skifergrassporv
Norwegian: Skifergresspurv
Polish: kubanik ciemnolicy, ziębołuszcz ciemnolicy
Portuguese: papa-capim-bicolor
Portuguese (Portugal): sementeiro-de-faces-pretas
Russian: Чернолицый вьюрок-тиарис, Чернолицый семилеро, Чернолицый тиарис
Slovak: ostrovcan dvojfarebný, ostrovčan dvojfarebný
Serbian: Crnoliki graskvit
Swedish: sisitangara, skiffergräsfink, Västindisk frösparv
Turkish: Kara yüzlü tohumcul
Ukrainian: Потрост чорноволий
Chinese: 黑脸草雀
Chinese (Traditional): 黑臉離草雀

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