Cardinals (Cardinalidae)

Glaucous-blue Grosbeak (Cyanoloxia glaucocaerulea) - HBW 16, p. 423

French: Évêque indigo German: Türkisbischof Spanish: Picogrueso Índigo
Other common names: Indigo/Glaucous Grosbeak

Taxonomy: Pyrrhula glauco-caerulea d’Orbigny and Lafresnaye, 1837, Maldonado, Uruguay.
Genus sometimes subsumed in Passerina. Apparent hybrids between this species and an unspecified Oryzoborus seed-finch (Emberizidae) reported from Brazil. Monotypic.

Distribution: Breeds NE Argentina (Misiones, Corrientes, Entre Ríos and NE Buenos Aires), SE Brazil (S São Paulo, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul) and N, E & W Uruguay; in austral winter, some move N as far Mato Grosso do Sul (S Brazil).