Blue-black Grassquit

Volatinia jacarina - Jacarini noir

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Thraupidés
Genus
:
Volatinia
Species
:
jacarina

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1766

Biometrics

Size
: 11 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 9 à 12 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Blue-black Grassquit (Volatinia jacarina) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

Volatinia jacarina jacarina (se Peru to e Brazil and south to n Argentina)
Volatinia jacarina splendens (Mexico to Colombia and east through Venezuela and the Guianas to the Amazon Basin. Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada.)
Volatinia jacarina peruviensis (w Ecuador, w Peru and nw Chile)

Foreign names

Jacarini noir,
Semillero volatinero,
tiziu,
Jacarinitangare,
jakariniai pinty,
Jacarinagors,
Erbero neroblu,
jakarinitangara,
Jakarinispurv,
jakarína tmavá,
jakarini modročerný,
Jakarinifinke,
samettisirkkunen,
sit blau i negre,
polniczka,
Якарина,
シコンヒワ,
蓝黑草鹀,
jakarinitangara,
藍黑草鵐,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland, Urban Areas