
While the Bananaquit may not be the yellow breast, which one reference noted was the official VI bird, it does have a yellow breast. So we couldn’t tell for sure from our sources if the Bananaquit is the official bird.
Official Flower
The official flower is the Yellow Trumpetbush, or yellow elder, tecoma stans, also the official flower of the Bahamas. It is a tubular yellow flower with ultra-fine red stripes on each petal. It grows wild in parts of the Caribbean, but is usually improved through cultivation. The Yellow Elder Tree may reach a height of nearly twenty feet. The blooming period is from October to December, diminishing by March.
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