This is a very
common small, 4-5 inch bird, found near
homes and hotels. They entertain
guests at breakfast by alighting on
tables to steal sugar. They are known as
‘Sugar Birds’ or ‘Yellow
Breasts’ locally.
Photo by Peter Duce
The
race in Antigua has a red mark just behind the
bill, which is curved and used for obtaining
nectar from flowers. They also eat fruit and
insects. Bananaquits build untidy globular nests
with a side entrance and are also used for
roosting at night when the female is not sitting
on eggs. Click here for more
Antigua birds.
