Cardinals (Cardinalidae)
Blue-black Grosbeak (Cyanocompsa cyanoides) - HBW 16, p. 423
French: Évêque bleu-noir
German: Stahlbischof
Spanish: Picogrueso Negriazul
Other common names: Rothschild’s Grosbeak (rothschildii)
Taxonomy: Coccoborus cyanoides Lafresnaye, 1847, Panama.
Genus sometimes subsumed in Passerina; subspecific name caerulescens then becomes preoccupied, and replaced by toddi. Race rothschildii considered by some authors to represent a different species. Four subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- concreta (du Bus de Gisignies, 1855) - SE Mexico (Veracruz and N Oaxaca E to S Yucatán Peninsula), N Guatemala, Belize and Honduras.
- caerulescens Todd, 1923 - Nicaragua S to W Panama.
- cyanoides (Lafresnaye, 1847) - C & E Panama, NW Venezuela and N & W Colombia S (W of E Andes) to NW Peru (Tumbes).
- rothschildii (E. Bartlett, 1890) - N, E & S Venezuela and the Guianas S to E Colombia, E Ecuador, E Peru, Brazil (S to N Mato Grosso and N Maranhão) and N & E Bolivia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male in a tree, singing. Locality Navalandia, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp concreta)
Josep del Hoyo 7 April 2009 2 years ago 54 sec 3.4 -
A male singing. Locality San Lorenzo, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica (ssp toddi)
Richard Garrigues 5 September 2010 1 year ago 19 sec 2.5
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A female perched on a tree.
Locality El Relleno, Pérez Zeledón, San José Province, Costa Rica
manuel retana 5 April 2010 1 year ago 3.5 -
Adult female, seen from the side and below, sitting on a branch.
Locality Buenaventura Reserve, El Oro Province, Ecuador
Pia Öberg 2 February 2007 19 weeks ago 3 -
A male feeding in the garden of the Tropical Research Station La Gamba.
Locality Golfito, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
Norbert Sauberer 26 January 2007 2 years ago 3
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Several bouts of song of a male.
Locality Navalandia, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern)
(ssp concreta)
Josep del Hoyo 7 April 2009 2 years ago 4
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