What is Bananaquit?

Bananaquit or coereba Flaveola is a very small bird measuring up to 5 inches (12 cm) long. It is originally in tropical areas around the world, including the Caribbean and Central and South America. This species can be found in a number of habitats, including tropical forests, open puppets, agricultural land and deserts and semi -dry areas. He is a regular garden visitor to his native range, which is often collected in large numbers if there is a prepared food supply. These birds are easy to tame when popular meals are offered, and many people offer trays of granulated sugar or feeders filled with fresh water. Although it has similar habits of feeding as hummingbirds, bananaquit must be bread because it lacks the ability to float. Another difference is the way Bananaquit reaches nectar. This species does not touch the difference from the hummingbird, but tears a hole on the side of the flower to reach the nectar. In general, men do not participate in the incubation of eggs or increasing young butMen were observed in some localized populations who shared these tasks equally with women. Bananaquit eggs take up to two weeks to hatch and the young are independent in just three weeks.

Bananaquit easily builds nests almost anywhere, including a garden where there are many human activities. This species builds more nest, most used for sleeping or nesting. A bunch or a flock of banana power will exchange nests to each other until the breeding, when birds choose a single nest and become a protective place with a selected place.

thje species that is able to raise several batch of youngsters every year. It is partly because of their tropical habitat, but also because young people become so independent. Bananaquit easily adapts to any changes in their location and will continue to flourish and even exceed the large water bodies if necessary to colonize the new area.Bananaquit is easy to behave and youthful have low mortality, which means that the number of this species is large; Since 2010, they are not considered or endangered.