Black-faced Grosbeak (Caryothraustes poliogaster)

Other Names (World)
Black-faced Grosbeak, Bishop Grosbeak

Family
Cardinalidae (Cardinals)

Size
18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Du Bus De Gisignies, 1847)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 1,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 50,000 - 499,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (17)...)

Black-faced Grosbeak (Caryothraustes poliogaster) [XC406000]
by Brendan Sloan from Area of Selva Bananito Lodge, Costa Rica (call)

Black-faced Grosbeak (Caryothraustes poliogaster) [XC274022]
by Peter Boesman from La Selva biological station, Heredia, Costa Rica (call)

Subspecies
May form a superspecies, and has been treated as conspecific, with Yellow-green Grosbeak (Caryothraustes canadensis). Subspecies simulans of Yellow-green Grosbeak (Caryothraustes canadensis) sometimes included in present species.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

poliogaster (Du Bus De Gisignies, 1847) - Caribbean lowlands of Mexico (from central Veracruz, north-eastern Oaxaca and northern Chiapas east to southern Quintana Roo), northern Guatemala, Belize and northern Honduras.
scapularis (Ridgway, 1888) - Caribbean lowlands from eastern Honduras and Nicaragua south to Panama (Bocas del Toro, Veraguas and Cocl�; formerly, or casually, farther east).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Black-faced Grosbeak (Caryothraustes poliogaster) - 10 files

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