Blue-black grosbeak | |
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Male (above) and female (below) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Cardinalidae |
Genus: | Cyanocompsa |
Species: | C. cyanoides |
Binomial name | |
Cyanocompsa cyanoides Lafresnaye, 1847 |
The blue-black grosbeak (Cyanocompsa cyanoides) is a species of songbird in the Cardinalidae family.
It is found in Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.
Male in Costa Rica