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[[Image:Blue-Black_Grosbeak.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Subspecies ''concreta''<br />Photo by {{user|JWN+Andrewes|JWN Andrewes}}<br />Cockscomb, [[Belize]], March 2007]]
 
[[Image:Blue-Black_Grosbeak.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Subspecies ''concreta''<br />Photo by {{user|JWN+Andrewes|JWN Andrewes}}<br />Cockscomb, [[Belize]], March 2007]]
;[[: Category:Cyanocompsa|Cyanocompsa]] cyanoides
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;[[: Category:Cyanoloxia|Cyanoloxia]] cyanoides
 
'''Includes: Rothschild's Grosbeak'''
 
'''Includes: Rothschild's Grosbeak'''
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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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]] - split as Rothschild's Grosbeak by Gill and Donsker
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:*Eastern [[Colombia]] to [[Venezuela]], the [[Guianas]], Amazonian [[Brazil]] and [[Bolivia]] - split as Rothschild's Grosbeak by Gill and Donsker. Also placed in genus ''[[: Category:Cyanocompsa|Cyanocompsa]]'' 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==
#{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}#{{Ref-GillDonsker14V5.2}}#Avibase
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug17}}#{{Ref-GillDonsker14V5.2}}#Avibase
 
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Cyanocompsa+cyanoides}}
 
{{GSearch|Cyanocompsa+cyanoides}}
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Cyanoloxia]]

Revision as of 16:50, 28 September 2017

Subspecies concreta
Photo by JWN Andrewes
Cockscomb, Belize, March 2007
Cyanoloxia 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)
  • C. c. cyanoides:
  • C. c. rothschildii:

Habitat

Moist lowland forests.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes seeds.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2015. IOC World Bird Names (version 5.2). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
  3. Avibase

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