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Blue-black Grassquit

Volatinia jacarina jacarina

Classification

Class
Aves

The blue-black grassquit (Volatinia jacarina) is a small Neotropical bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found in Mexico, every Central American country, every mainland South American country, in Trinidad and Tobago, and in Grenada. Taxonomy and systematics The blue-black grassquit was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1766 in the twelfth edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Tanagra jacarina.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 13