Ultramarine Grosbeak (Cyanoloxia brissonii)

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

Other Names (World)
Ultramarine Grosbeak, Brazilian Blue Grosbeak

Family
Cardinalidae (Cardinals)

Size
15 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lichtenstein, 1823)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry and moist shrubland, moist savanna. From sea-level - 1,600 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina (B), Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay (B), Uruguay, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (51)...)

Ultramarine Grosbeak (Cyanoloxia brissonii) [XC451624]
by Nunes-de-Almeida from S\u00edtio Pau Preto, Potengi-CE, Cear\u00e1, Brazil (song)

Ultramarine Grosbeak (Cyanoloxia brissonii) [XC556261]
by Caio Brito from Carrasco - Chapada do Araripe, Brazil (canto)

Subspecies
Genus sometimes subsumed in Passerina. May form a superspecies with Blue Bunting (Cyanocompsa parellina). Wild-bred hybrids with Double-collared Seedeater (Sporophila caerulescens), to which it is not closely related, have been reported in Brazil.

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

caucae Chapman, 1912 - South-western Colombia in valleys of upper R Pat��a, R Cauca and R Dagua.
minor Cabanis, 1861 - Mountains of northern Venezuela (from Falc�n and Lara east to Sucre and Monagas).
argentina (Sharpe, 1888) - Eastern Bolivia (La Paz south to Tarija and Santa Cruz), southern Brazil (western Mato Grosso), Chaco of Paraguay, and northern Argentina (south to La Rioja, San Luis, C�rdoba and northern Buenos Aires).
brissonii (Lichtenstein, 1823) - North-eastern Brazil from Piau�� and Cear� south to Bahia.
sterea Oberholser, 1901 - Eastern and southern Brazil (from south-eastern Mato Grosso, Goi�s, Minas Gerais and Esp��rito Santo south to Rio Grande do Sul), eastern Paraguay, north-eastern Argentina (Misiones and Corrientes) and Uruguay.

References
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Files:

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