Western spindalis

The western spindalis , 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 , they are often treated as ''incertae sedis'' 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 and black-backed . 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 15 cm long and weigh 21 g .

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.