YELLOW-FACED GRASSQUIT (TIARIS OLIVACEUS), LA MESA RD., EL VALLE DE ANTON,COCLE PROVINCE,PANAMA, 5/24/2019

      We can ID this bird as a male Yellow-faced Grassquit as follows:

• Bright yellow superciliary and throat
• Olive-green back
• Black face and breast
• Greyish-olive underparts
• Dark bill and eyes
• Grey legs

      The Yellow-faced Grassquit is one of the tholospizan "finches", which are specialized Tanagers (Thraupidae).  As such, they are closely related to the famous Darwin's finches.

      The Yellow-faced Grassquit is a new species to our Photographic Life List,which now stands at 854.