The Orangequit is a Tanager that is endemic to Jamaica, where it occurs in a wide variety of habitats, from mountain evergreen forest to disturbed forest edge and secondary forest. The adult male Orangequit is very distinctive, with a cobalt blue body, a square orange patch on the throat, and a short, pointed, curved bill. Female The Orangequit have olive-gray upper parts, with dull yellow-olive under parts, and a gray head. Young males are similar to females, but often have small patches of colorful feathers, most commonly on the coverts, chest, or throat.
The Orangequit feeds on fruits and nectar, and is a
common bird of forest canopy or edges, wherever there are fruits or
flowers. This species will travel in pairs or in mixed-species flocks of
nectivores and insectivores, especially when feeding on flowering emergent
trees.
Photographed at Rockland’s Bird
Sanctuary, Jamaica
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