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Blue-black Grosbeak
Cyanoloxia cyanoides
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About the Blue-black Grosbeak
The blue-black grosbeak (Cyanoloxia cyanoides) is a species of songbird in the family Cardinalidae. The South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society places this species in genus Cyanoloxia. In addition, in 2018 the committee split the eastern lowland population into a new species, the Amazonian grosbeak (Cyanoloxia rothschildii).
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Cyanoloxia cyanoides
- Family
- Cardinals and Allies
- Order
- Passeriformes
Similar species
Other members of the cardinals and allies family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- Black-faced Grosbeak Caryothraustes poliogaster
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Blue Bunting Cyanocompsa parellina
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Blue Seedeater Amaurospiza concolor
- Crimson-collared Grosbeak Periporphyrus celaeno
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Flame-colored Tanager Piranga bidentata
- Gray-throated Chat Granatellus sallaei
- Hepatic Tanager Piranga flava
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
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