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Guyana
Trinidad & Tobago
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Pitangus sulphuratus - The large tyrant flycatcher - a bird with a distinctive yellow, black and white markings. The head is black with a strong white eyestripe and a concealed yellow crown stripe. The upper parts are brown, and the wings and tail are brown with usually strong rufous fringes.
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25 comments
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j
16 years ago

That is not a keskidee, it is a little bananaquit, a keskidee is a much bigger bird (like the size of a black-bird), but the markings are similar.

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h
16 years ago

How do you know that's not just a young keskidee?

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A
16 years ago

Aunty Katie not synonymous with bananaquit. Two different birds. Let me do some searching.

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queequeg
14 years ago

shape of the beak tells me that it's not a young keskidee.

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adiee
13 years ago

it never

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valdo
13 years ago

it is a keskidee

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valdo
13 years ago

it is a keskidee

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T
12 years ago

this is so not a Keskidee. It is a bananaquit.

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Mike, Trinidad
12 years ago

That picture is that of a SEMP better known as a bannaquit, the Keskidee is much larger with similar markings except the black is now brown and yellow breasted. So People get your info right before you post. Can you coffee an tea lovers support my website: www.fabiantea.organogold.com

Trinidad & Tobago
Trinidad & Tobago
Donald Graham
11 years ago

It is inconceivable that someone could mistake a keskidee for a bananaquit. The keskidee is at least three times as large as a bananaquit.The keski has a large area of brown. In Trinidad, the sikier(sucrier?) does not have this brown. It has a very dark grey or black in this area. It's beak is also much smaller and curved downwards. The keski's beak is large and points straight forward.

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De Wilde Chris-Arthur
11 years ago

Is the name 'Keskidee derived from the French expression 'Qu'est-ce-qu'il-dit' or in English, what is he said, so invented by the French Trini-creoles first half of 19th century ?

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De Wilde Chris-Arthur
11 years ago

What is the scientific Latin denomination for this kind of bird ? Please ?

Jamaica
Jamaica
11 years ago

Pitangus sulphuratus

Guyana
Guyana
Brudda Bob
9 years ago

Guyanese refer this as "yellow plaintain" because of the color

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nathaniel
9 years ago

it is one:)

Trinidad & Tobago
Trinidad & Tobago
Gregory
8 years ago

The bird featured above is a keskidee.

British Virgin Isles.
British Virgin Isles.
Yachtskip
8 years ago

The most obvious identifier is the white stripe on it's head. On the Bananquit, or Sugar Eater as it is known in some areas, there are two stripes beginning at the base of the beak and finishing on it's back. On the Keskidee the white area is continuous around it's head making it look as though it's wearing a black skull-cap

Jamaica
Jamaica
Bobzy
7 years ago

Bananaquit/sugar bird k/eskidee and so on are the same bird

Trinidad & Tobago
Trinidad & Tobago
jason
6 years ago

stupid

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lara
6 years ago

yes it is

Trinidad & Tobago
Trinidad & Tobago
ghesto
6 years ago

keskidee has straight beak. bannaquit has curved beak. how hard is it to realise that the bird above has a straight beak? it is obviously a keskidee, plus, you can's really tell the size accurately in the photo

Guyana
Guyana
Sam cam 101🏈🥊🎣
6 years ago

It is😎

Trinidad & Tobago
Trinidad & Tobago
dr.trini
5 years ago

duh

Trinidad & Tobago
Trinidad & Tobago
Flaggy
2 years ago

Kes-ki-dee…

Trinidad & Tobago
Trinidad & Tobago
raviji
2 years ago

I heard the word ‘kiskede’ originated from French or Patois…”quest ki dit” … meaning - “What you say?” Do I have ipthevFrench correctly? raviji