Blue-black Grosbeak - BirdForum Opus

Cyanocompsa cyanoides

Subspecies concreta
Photo by JWN Andrewes
Cockscomb, Belize, March 2007

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:

• 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

Moist lowland forests.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes seeds.

References

1. 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.
2. Avibase

• List of references

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

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