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Passeriformes / Cardinalidae / Cyanoloxia

Blue-black Grosbeak

Cyanoloxia cyanoides

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Cardinalidae
Genus
Cyanoloxia

Taxonomy Changes

Cyanocompsa cyanoides Cyanoloxia cyanoides

Genus transfer — GBIF Backbone Taxonomy uses the former name; AviList 2025 uses the current name.

Vocalizations

keesgroenendijk · CC_BY_4_0
John D Reynolds · CC_BY_4_0
Rajan Rao · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (3)

  • Cyanoloxia cyanoides caerulescens

    Nicaragua to Costa Rica and western Panama

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.