Cardinals (Cardinalidae)
Ultramarine Grosbeak (Cyanocompsa brissonii) - HBW 16, p. 423
French: Évêque de Brisson
German: Ultramarinbischof
Spanish: Picogrueso de Brisson
Other common names: Brazilian Blue Grosbeak
Taxonomy: Fringilla brissonii M. H. C. Lichtenstein, 1823, Bahia, Brazil.
Genus sometimes subsumed in Passerina. May form a superspecies with C. parellina.Wild-bred hybrids with Double-collared Seedeater (Sporophila caerulescens), to which it is not closely related, have been reported in Brazil. Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- caucae Chapman, 1912 - SW Colombia in valleys of upper R Patía, R Cauca and R Dagua.
- minor Cabanis, 1861 - mountains of N Venezuela (from Falcón and Lara E to Sucre and Monagas).
- argentina (Sharpe, 1888) - E Bolivia (La Paz S to Tarija and Santa Cruz), S Brazil (W Mato Grosso), Chaco of Paraguay, and N Argentina (S to La Rioja, San Luis, Córdoba and N Buenos Aires).
- caucae Chapman, 1912 - SW Colombia in valleys of upper R Patía, R Cauca and R Dagua.
- minor Cabanis, 1861 - mountains of N Venezuela (from Falcón and Lara E to Sucre and Monagas).
- argentina (Sharpe, 1888) - E Bolivia (La Paz S to Tarija and Santa Cruz), S Brazil (W Mato Grosso), Chaco of Paraguay, and N Argentina (S to La Rioja, San Luis, Córdoba and N Buenos Aires).
- brissonii (M. H. C. Lichtenstein, 1823) - NE Brazil from Piauí and Ceará S to Bahia.
- sterea Oberholser, 1901 - E & S Brazil (from SE Mato Grosso, Goiás, Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo S to Rio Grande do Sul), E Paraguay, NE Argentina (Misiones and Corrientes) and Uruguay.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male on the top of a tree, looking around Locality La Lagunita, Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela (ssp minor)
DAVID ASCANIO 31 August 2003 5 years ago 11 sec 3.5 -
A male perched and flying to another perch Locality London Zoo, London, England, Great Britain
Josep del Hoyo 4 November 2005 6 years ago 26 sec 3.3 -
A bird in a tree on a windy day. Locality Serra da Capivara National Park, Piauí State, Brazil (ssp brissonii)
Josep del Hoyo 7 October 2008 3 years ago 25 sec 3 -
A male feeding and singing Locality Arapoti, Paraná State, Brazil
Edson Rosa 21 December 2008 4 years ago 29 sec 3 -
A male in a tree and then in another one Locality Samaipata, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia (ssp argentina)
Josep del Hoyo 16 August 2005 7 years ago 29 sec 3 -
Several shots of a male moving among branches. Locality Chapada do Araripe, Ceará State, Brazil (ssp brissonii)
Josep del Hoyo 4 October 2008 3 years ago 17 sec 2.8
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mist-netted male in hand;western dry chaco, Lomas de Olmedo, 23° 46.036'S; 63° 54.836'W
Locality Salta Province, Argentina
handford 16 August 2004 3 years ago 4 -
Female
Locality El Palmar National Park, Entre Ríos Province, Argentina (ssp sterea)
Horacio Luna 17 June 2010 2 years ago 3.9 -
A male in a clump of bamboo
Locality Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela
Miguel Emmanuelli 4 July 2012 49 weeks ago 3.8 -
A perched male.
Locality Chapada do Araripe, Ceará State, Brazil (ssp brissonii)
Ken Havard 8 February 2007 41 weeks ago 3.8 -
A male on a branch
Locality Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela
Miguel Emmanuelli 22 February 2010 3 years ago 3.5 -
Male feeding in the soil
Locality El Palmar National Park, Entre Ríos Province, Argentina (ssp sterea)
Horacio Luna 17 June 2010 2 years ago 3.5
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singing, song in dense scrub Locality Los Cardones National Park, Salta Province, Argentina
Niels Poul Dreyer 6 November 2008 3 years ago 4 -
Song of a male Locality London Zoo, London, England, Great Britain
Stuart Fisher 4 years ago 2.5 -
Perched. Male. Locality Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
Noé Eiterer 2 November 2012 6 weeks ago 0
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