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 NT    Red-and-black Grosbeak* Id (Atlas):
    Caryothraustes erythromelas

Description (10)
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Family
Cardinalidae (Cardinals)

Size
20 - 20.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1789)

Habitat
Lower levels of pristine mature lowland humid forest, terre firme, and seasonally flooded forest. From sea level - 1,000m.

Range (Guide)
Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.

Extreme eastern Venezuela (eastern Bolí­var, eastern Delta Amacuro), northern and central Guyana, Suriname (except extreme south-west), French Guiana, and northern Brazil (Amapá south to eastern Pará and northern and western Maranhío; also isolated in north-eastern Amazonas and western Pará).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status NT
Habitat destruction through deforestation is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Series of exceptionally sweet rising and falling phrases consisting of variations on 2-3 standard phrases, delivered slowly and hesitantly. Call is a sharp and high-pitched 'spink'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (34)...)

 
Red-and-black Grosbeak (Periporphyrus erythromelas) [XC155517]
     by Hans Matheve from Goian\u00e9sia do Par\u00e1, Para, Brazil (song)

 
Red-and-black Grosbeak (Periporphyrus erythromelas) [XC75193]
     by Christian Borges Andretti from Brownsberg, Suriname (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Closely affiliated with Rhodothraupis.

Similar Species
Female may be confused with Yellow-green Grosbeak (Caryothraustes canadensis) but in that species the black is restricted to the foreface and does not extend on to the crown or ear coverts.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Red-and-black Grosbeak (Caryothraustes erythromelas) - 10 files


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