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;[[: Category:Cyanocompsa|Cyanocompsa]] cyanoides | ;[[: Category:Cyanocompsa|Cyanocompsa]] cyanoides | ||
| + | [[Image:Blue-Black_Grosbeak.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Subspecies ''concreta''<br />Photo by {{user|JWN+Andrewes|JWN Andrewes}}<br />Cockscomb, [[Belize]], March 2007]] | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | '''Male''' | + | '''Male''': shiny blue black<br /> |
| + | '''Female''': dark brown. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | [[ | + | [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]]: <br /> |
| + | '''Central America''': [[Mexico]], [[Guatemala]], [[Belize]], [[Honduras]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Costa Rica]], [[Panama]]<br /> | ||
| + | '''South America''': [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]], [[Guyana]], [[Suriname]], [[French Guiana]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], [[Bolivia]], [[Brazil]] | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | Four subspecies | + | ====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>==== |
| + | Four subspecies: | ||
| + | *''C. c. concreta'': | ||
| + | :*Lowlands of south-eastern [[Mexico]] (Veracruz) to [[Guatemala]] and [[Honduras]] | ||
| + | *''C. c. toddi'': (also known as ''caerulescens'') | ||
| + | :*[[Nicaragua]] to [[Costa Rica]] and western [[Panama]] | ||
| + | *''C. c. cyanoides'': | ||
| + | :*Central and eastern [[Panama]] to [[Colombia]], north-western [[Venezuela]] and western [[Ecuador]] | ||
| + | *''C. c. rothschildii'': | ||
| + | :*Eastern [[Colombia]] to [[Venezuela]], the [[Guianas]], Amazonian [[Brazil]] and [[Bolivia]] | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Moist lowland forests. | Moist lowland forests. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | ====Diet==== | ||
The diet includes seeds. | The diet includes seeds. | ||
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}#Avibase | ||
| + | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Cyanocompsa+cyanoides}} | {{GSearch|Cyanocompsa+cyanoides}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Cyanocompsa]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Cyanocompsa]] | ||
Revision as of 23:11, 25 June 2010
- Cyanocompsa cyanoides
Identification
Male: shiny blue black
Female: dark brown.
Distribution
Central and South America:
Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil
Taxonomy
Subspecies[1]
Four subspecies:
- C. c. concreta:
- C. c. toddi: (also known as caerulescens)
- Nicaragua to Costa Rica and western Panama
- C. c. cyanoides:
- C. c. rothschildii:
Habitat
Moist lowland forests.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes seeds.
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Avibase
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Blue-black Grosbeak. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 17 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Blue-black_Grosbeak
