Blue-black Grosbeak
Cyanoloxia cyanoides
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Cardinalidae
- Genus
- Cyanoloxia
- eBird Code
- bubgro1
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)
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Cyanoloxia cyanoides caerulescens
Nicaragua to Costa Rica and western Panama
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Cyanoloxia cyanoides concreta
lowlands of southeastern Mexico (Veracruz) to Guatemala and Honduras
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Cyanoloxia cyanoides cyanoides
central Panama southward, west of the Andes, to far northwestern Peru (Tumbes and Piura), and eastward across northern Colombia (southward to Norte de Santander) and northwestern and northern Venezuela (to Miranda)
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.