Also feeding in the lawn at the Hotel de Montana Monteverde were a couple of Yellow-faced Grassquits. The little finch is common in fields and roadsides in lowlands from Eastern Mexico south through Cental America to northwestern South America. It casually occurs in Florida and has been recorded in south Texas. Yellow-faced Grassquits are introduced in Hawaii.
DNA research suggests that the Yellow-faced Grassquit, although definitely a finch, is not closely related to other species in the genus Tiaris, where it currently resides (Torok and Burns 2011). One assumes some reclassification is in order for this species.
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