bananaquit en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From banana + quit (“small passerine bird”).
Meanings
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A nectar-feeding bird, Coereba flaveola, thought to be related to the Darwin's finches and the grassquits.
Since not all bananaquits nest near wasp nests, Wunderle and Pollock were able to compare the nesting success of pairs nesting near or away from polybiine colonies.
2009, Gilbert Waldbauer, What Good Are Bugs? Insects in the Web of Life, page 140:It had been weeks since Valerie had been outside on the patio, weeks since Ana had left out sugar water for the hummingbirds and bananaquits, who still continued to flutter around the empty feeders ever hopeful that their easy nectar would return.
2010, LeAnn Neal Reilly, The Mermaid's Pendant, page 490:Consider an example involving the bananaquit (Coereba flaveola), a common land bird in Central and South America and on several Caribbean islands (Seutin et al., 1994).
2000, John C. Avise, Phylogeography: The History and Formation of Species, page 270:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bananaquits | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (31)
fr sucrier à ventre jaune (Coereba flaveola) · ru бана́новый певу́н (Coereba flaveola) · it platanero (Coereba flaveola) · ko 바나나퀴트 (Coereba flaveola) · pt cambacica (Coereba flaveola) · nl suikerdiefje (Coereba flaveola) · sv banansmyg (Coereba flaveola) · lv banānķauķis (Coereba flaveola) · cy twinc bananas (Coereba flaveola) · es reinita (Coereba flaveola) · pl cukrzyk (Coereba flaveola) · es platanero (Coereba flaveola) · he טנגרת הבננה (Coereba flaveola) · it cereba gialla (Coereba flaveola) · lt bananinis parulidas (Coereba flaveola) · nn banansmett (Coereba flaveola) · ast plataneru (Coereba flaveola) · ca coereba (Coereba flaveola) · fi banaanikerttuli (Coereba flaveola) · it bananero (Coereba flaveola) · ru са́харная пти́ца (Coereba flaveola) · ja マミジロミツドリ (Coereba flaveola) · cmn 蕉森鶯 /蕉森莺 (Coereba flaveola) · tr sarı şeker kuşu (Coereba flaveola) · de Zuckervogel (Coereba flaveola) · nb banansmett (Coereba flaveola) · eo cerebedoj (Coereba flaveola) · da banansmutte (Coereba flaveola) · sk nektárnik banánový (Coereba flaveola) · hu sárgáscukormadár (Coereba flaveola) · cs banakit americký (Coereba flaveola)