Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Buntings, Sparrows, Seedeaters and Allies :: Blue-black Grassquit

Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina

Described by: Linnaeus (1766)
Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil - Mar, 2004 © Arthur Grosset  Carajás, Pará, Brazil - Oct, 2005 © Arthur Grosset  Carajás, Pará, Brazil - Oct, 2005 © Arthur Grosset  Chapada dos Guimarães, Mato Grosso, Brazil - Aug 24, 2007 © Jean-Philippe Paris  French Guiana - Jul, 2005 © Jean-Michel Fenerole 
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Range

(1) Mexico (Sonora, Sinaloa, w. Durango, Nayarit, Jalisco, Michoacan, Mexico, Morelos, Puebla, e. San Luis Potosi, s. Tamaulipas, and Yucatan Peninsula) s. through Central America to Panama including Coiba Is. and Pearl Is, Colombia, Venezuela including Margarita Is., Trinidad, and Tobago, Guyana, Surinam, and Guiana. S. Lesser Antilles on Grenada.
(2) E. and c. Brazil (Bahia (Chapada Diamanatina)), e. Ecuador, se. Peru, e. Bolivia, Paraguay, and n. Argentina.
(3) W. Ecuador, w. Peru and nw. Chile.

Videos

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Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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