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;[[: Category:Cyanocompsa|Cyanocompsa]] cyanoides | ;[[: Category:Cyanocompsa|Cyanocompsa]] cyanoides | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
'''Male''': shiny blue black<br /> | '''Male''': shiny blue black<br /> | ||
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:*Central and eastern [[Panama]] to [[Colombia]], north-western [[Venezuela]] and western [[Ecuador]] | :*Central and eastern [[Panama]] to [[Colombia]], north-western [[Venezuela]] and western [[Ecuador]] | ||
*''C. c. rothschildii'': | *''C. c. rothschildii'': | ||
| − | :*Eastern [[Colombia]] to [[Venezuela]], the [[Guianas]], Amazonian [[Brazil]] and [[Bolivia]] | + | :*Eastern [[Colombia]] to [[Venezuela]], the [[Guianas]], Amazonian [[Brazil]] and [[Bolivia]] - split as Rothschild's Grosbeak by Gill and Donsker |
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Moist lowland forests. | Moist lowland forests. | ||
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The diet includes seeds. | The diet includes seeds. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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{{ref}} | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Cyanocompsa+cyanoides}} | {{GSearch|Cyanocompsa+cyanoides}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Cyanocompsa]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Cyanocompsa]] | ||
Revision as of 06:32, 9 May 2015
- Cyanocompsa cyanoides
Includes: Rothschild's Grosbeak
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.
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2015. IOC World Bird Names (version 5.2). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
- 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
