Tiaris

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Tiaris is a genus of small Neotropical seed-eating birds commonly known as grassquits, found primarily in the Caribbean and parts of Central and South America.

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Tiaris canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf genus
taxon
belongsTo New World songbirds
biogeographicRealm Neotropical realm
bodySize small
clade Passeri
class Aves
commonName grassquits
conservationStatus varies by species
diet seeds
distribution Caribbean
Central America
Neotropics
linked to: Neotropical realm

South America
ecoregion tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas
family Thraupidae
feedingBehavior seed-eating
habitat cultivated areas
grasslands
open scrub
hasSpecies Tiaris bicolor
Tiaris canorus
Tiaris fuliginosus
Tiaris obscurus
Tiaris olivaceus
kingdom Animalia
morphology small conical bill adapted for seed eating
namedBy Louis Pierre Vieillot
order Passeriformes
phylum Chordata
relatedTo Coereba flaveola
Sporophila
Volatinia jacarina
reproduction oviparous
subfamily Coerebinae
taxonAuthor Louis Pierre Vieillot
taxonGroup Neotropical birds
taxonomicStatus valid genus
taxonRank genus
typeOf Neotropical seed-eating bird genus
vernacularName grassquit genus

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Coerebinae includesTaxon Tiaris