Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Saltators, Cardinals and Allies :: Blue-black Grosbeak

Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanocompsa cyanoides

Described by: Lafresnaye (1860)
Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
Old scientific name(s): Passerina cyanoides

Photographs

La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica - Feb, 2005 © Kent Nickell  Cristalino River, Alta Floresta, Mato Grosso, Brazil - Sep, 2000 © Arthur Grosset  La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica - Jun, 2003 © Lou Hegedus 
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Range

(1) Gulf-Caribbean slope se. Mexico (s. Veracruz, n. Oaxaca, Tabasco, Chiapas, s. Campeche, and s. Quintana Roo), Guatemala and Honduras.
(2) Caribbean slope of Nicaragua, both slopes of Costa Rica and w. Panama.
(3) E. Panama, w., n., and e. Colombia, w. Venezuela and w. Ecuador.
(4) W. Brazil (Upper Amazonia), e. Ecuador, e. Peru, n. and e. Bolivia.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Naturesongs.com
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: John van der Woude

References

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

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