Antigua Birds: Black-faced Grassquit.

Antigua Birds:

BLACK-FACED GRASSQUIT
Family: Ploceidae Finches
Tiaris bicolour

This is a small four-inch dark greenish-tinged bird with a short tail commonly found on lawns searching out seeds. The female is lighter all over.

Photo by Peter Duce

The song is a buzzing tik-zeee or tik-tik-zeee. A globular nest with a side entrance is built near the ground, in which three spotted eggs are laid.

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