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The western spindalis (''Spindalis zena''), formerly called the stripe-headed tanager, is a songbird species. ''S. zena'' formerly included other species of spindalis, as well. The spindalises were traditionally considered aberrant tanagers of the family Thraupidae, but like the equally enigmatic bananaquit (''Coereba flaveola''), they are often treated as ''incertae sedis'' (place uncertain) among the nine-primaried oscines. The male is brightly colored with a black and white horizontally striped head and contrasting burnt orange throat, breast and nape. The remainder of the belly is light grey. There are two color variations: green-backed (generally northern) and black-backed (generally northern).〔 The female has similar markings on the head, but washed out to a medium grey. She is olive-grey above and greyish-brown below, with a slight orange wash on the breast, rump, and shoulders.〔 They are long and weigh .〔 The species is found in the Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, Cuba, and the Turks and Caicos Islands. It is a rare visitor of extreme southern Florida, where the subspecies ''S. z. zena'' successfully bred in 2009.〔 Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and heavily degraded former forest. It is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN. The subspecies ''zena'' is found in pine forest of the northern Bahamas. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Western spindalis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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