Two endemic species of passeriforms on the island are Mimus magnirostris (nightingale) and Vireo caribaeus, and other subspecies are Icterus leucopteryx lawrencii, Vireo altiloquus canescens, Coereba flaveola oblita and Dendroica petechia flavida. From Wordnik.com. [Cayos Miskitos-San Andrés and Providencia moist forests] Reference
Hawkins K, Bermingham E, Ricklefs RE, Mundy NI (2001) The molecular basis of an avian plumage polymorphism in the wild: a melanocortin-1-receptor point mutation is perfectly associated with the melanic plumage morph of the bananaquit, Coereba flaveola. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Coereba. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]]
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