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Alternative name: Rothschild's Grosbeak
- Cyanoloxia rothschildii
Identification
Male
- Shiny dark blue overall plumage
- Lighter blue rump
- Brighter blue forehead and superciliary area
- The bill is large enough to seem like an extension of the crown. It is dark in the male, bluish grey in the female.
Female: dark brown overall plumage
Similar species
Blue-black Grosbeak has a darker male but a brighter, more rufous female. These two species might occur near each other in eastern Colombia.
Distribution
Eastern Colombia to southern and southeastern Venezuela, the Guianas, Amazonian Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia. Mostly in the Amazonian basin but reaches foothils of eastern Andes.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Formerly included in Blue-black Grosbeak
Habitat
Dense understory in forests, edges and secondgrowth. Mostly in lowlands but reach 1000 m asl in Venezuela and 1400 m asl in Peru.
Behaviour
Tends to remain hidden in dense vegetation. When encountered, there will often be a pair.
Vocalisation
Call is a somewhat sharp, harsh "tchit" or "chink".
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Fitzgibbon, D. and N. L. Block (2020). Amazonian Grosbeak (Cyanoloxia rothschildii), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.bubgro2.01
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2023) Amazonian Grosbeak. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 30 November 2023 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Amazonian_Grosbeak
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
