Yellow-shouldered grassquit

The yellow-shouldered grassquit (Loxipasser anoxanthus) is a species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae that is endemic to Jamaica. It is the only member of the genus Loxipasser. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and heavily degraded former forest.

Yellow-shouldered grassquit
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Loxipasser
Bryant, 1866
Species:
L. anoxanthus
Binomial name
Loxipasser anoxanthus
(Gosse, 1847)
Synonyms

Spermophila anoxantha (protonym)

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