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The male blue grosbeak is deep blue, with both black and brown on its wings. The female is mostly brown. Both sexes are distinguished by their large, deep bill and double wing bars. These features, as well as the grosbeak's relatively larger size, distinguish this species from the indigo bunting. Length can range from 14 to 19 cm (5.5 to 7.5 in ...
The glaucous-blue grosbeak is approximately 14 cm (5.5 in) long. Three birds weighed from 16 to 19.5 g (0.56 to 0.69 oz). The male is generally dark sky blue that is lighter on the forehead and rump and is grayish on the lower belly. It has a small black "mask". The female is brown overall, warm and dark above and orange-tinged below.
Grosbeak / ˈ ɡ r oʊ s b iː k / is a form taxon containing various species of seed-eating passerine birds with large beaks. Although they all belong to the superfamily Passeroidea , these birds are not part of a natural group but rather a polyphyletic assemblage of distantly related songbirds . [ 1 ]
Genus Cyanoloxia – Bonaparte, 1850 – four species Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population Glaucous-blue grosbeak. Male Female Cyanoloxia glaucocaerulea (D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. Size: Habitat: Diet: LC Ultramarine grosbeak. Male Female
The blue-black grosbeak construct little cup nests to lay their eggs in and normally have a clutch size of 2. [10] The breeding season of the blue-black grosbeak takes place during the spring and summer months, however the peak period of the breeding season differs slightly between populations located in different areas.
The blue grosbeak (P. caerulea) was once placed in the monotypic genus, Guiraca. ... Genus – seven species Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range
The Amazonian grosbeak is 14.5 to 15 cm (5.7 to 5.9 in) long and weighs 21.5 to 31 g (0.76 to 1.09 oz). The adult male is mostly dark blue. Its forecrown and part of the wings are light blue and the underparts are blackish on the belly. It has a bit of black on the face. The female's upperparts are dark brown and the underparts a paler brown.
One of these was the rose-breasted grosbeak. Linnaeus included a brief description, coined the binomial name Loxia ludoviciana and cited Brisson's work. [7] This species is now placed in the genus Pheucticus that was introduced by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach in 1850. [8] [9] The species is monotypic. [9]