Species profile
Blue-black Grosbeak
Cyanocompsa cyanoides
Quick answer
Frecuentan el sotobosque de los bosques húmedos, hondonadas oscuras, áreas de crecimiento secundario alto y parcialmente despejadas y sombreadas. Penetran en el crecimiento secundario más bajo y en los cultivos de grano para forrajear
- Scientific name
- Cyanocompsa cyanoides
- Family
- Cardinalidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Cyanocompsa
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Blue-black Grosbeak in your journal
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Related species in Cardinalidae
- Amazonian Grosbeak, Rothschild's Grosbeak (Cyanoloxia rothschildii)
- Black-backed Grosbeak (Pheucticus aureoventris)
- Black-cheeked Ant-tanager (Habia atrimaxillaris)
- Black-faced Grosbeak (Caryothraustes poliogaster)
- Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus)
- Black-thighed Grosbeak (Pheucticus tibialis)
- Blue Bunting (Cyanocompsa parellina)
- Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea)