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title: "Yellow-faced Grassquit"
description: "Tiaris olivaceus — Uccelli. The yellow-faced grassquit (Tiaris olivaceus) is a passerine bird in the tanager family Thraupidae and is the only member of the genus Tiaris."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/yellow-faced-grassquit
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Yellow-faced Grassquit

> Tiaris olivaceus — Uccelli. The yellow-faced grassquit (Tiaris olivaceus) is a passerine bird in the tanager family Thraupidae and is the only member of the genus Tiaris.

- Scientific name: *Tiaris olivaceus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 7293
- Wikidata: [Q728336](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q728336)
- iNaturalist taxon: [73504](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/73504)

## Names

- en: Yellow-faced Grassquit
- de: Goldbraue
- es: Semillero oliváceo
- fr: Tiaris grand-chanteur
- nl: Grote Cubavink
- pl: Kubanik

## Countries with the most observations

MX (1922), CO (1412), CR (1162), PA (826), CU (338), DO (246), HN (233), JM (156), PR (121), BZ (95), NI (88), KY (70)

## Summary

The yellow-faced grassquit (Tiaris olivaceus) is a passerine bird in the tanager family Thraupidae and is the only member of the genus Tiaris. It is native to Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-faced_grassquit

## Photo

![Yellow-faced Grassquit](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-faced-grassquit/medium.jpg)

Photo: Damien Wallace · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/337266079

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/yellow-faced-grassquit?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).