Glaucous-blue Grosbeak (Cyanoloxia glaucocaerulea)

Other Scientific Names
Passerina glaucocaerulea [BirdLife International (2004)], Passerina glaucocaerulea [Stotz et al. (1996)]

Other Names (World)
Glaucous-blue Grosbeak, Indigo Grosbeak, Glaucous Grosbeak

Family
Cardinalidae (Cardinals)

Size
14 cm

First Described (Guide)
(D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 1,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina (B), Brazil, Uruguay.

Breeds north-eastern Argentina (Misiones, Corrientes, Entre R��os and north-eastern Buenos Aires), south-eastern Brazil (southern S�o Paulo, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul) and north, eastern and western Uruguay; in austral winter, some move northern as far Mato Grosso do Sul (southern Brazil).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (24)...)

Glaucous-blue Grosbeak (Cyanoloxia glaucocaerulea) [XC493553]
by Fernando Jacobs from Botucatu, S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil (call)

Glaucous-blue Grosbeak (Cyanoloxia glaucocaerulea) [XC341000]
by Victor Antonelli from Salto, Departamento de Salto, Uruguay (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Genus sometimes subsumed in Passerina. Apparent hybrids between this species and an unspecified Oryzoborus seed-finch (Emberizidae) reported from Brazil.

References
See References.

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