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Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Volatinia

Blue-black Grassquit

Volatinia jacarina

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (blbgra1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Volatinia

Subspecies (3)

Volatinia jacarina jacarina

southeastern Peru to eastern Bolivia, Paraguay, central and eastern Brazil, and northern Argentina
Volatinia jacarina peruviensis

arid Pacific slope of Ecuador, Peru, and far northern Chile
Volatinia jacarina splendens

northern Mexico to northern South America including Trinidad and Tobago, and Grenada

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (blbgra1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.