Bananaquit

Comments:
Sexing of adults by wing chord appears possible with WC < 52 = female; WC > 57 = male.

In a Nutshell:

Banaquits are easy to age throughout the year.

The white patch at the base of the primaries can make the ppcovs looker lighter (younger age class) than they are when you extend the wing.

CPs and BPs are well-formed.

Fat scores should always be recorded: BANA is one of the few resident species to build-up huge fat deposits (e.g., scores 5 - 7!) before breeding (see also Diamond 1973).

Fat Scores
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Compare to other populations or islands:
Bibles, B.D., and C.W. Boal. 2012. Morphometric-based sexual determination of Bananaquits (Coereba flaveola). Ornitologia Neotropical 23:507-515.
[Research conducted on Guana, British Virgin Islands]

Diamond, A.W. 1973. Altitudinal variation in a resident and a migrant passerine on Jamaica. Auk 90:610-618.
[Research conducted in eastern Jamaica, at four sites ranging in elevation from 154-1,077m above sea level; NB, our Windsor sites are 105 m ASL]

Wunderle, J.M.,Jr. 1981. Colour phases of the Bananaquit Coereba flaveola on St. Vincent, West Indies. Ibis:123:354-358.