Blue Black Grassquit

Copyright: monacoeye • All rights reserved • Brazil, November 2009

Bird name: Blue Black Grassquit
Latin: Volatinia jacarina
Other: Tiziu (Br) • Mochuelo (Es), Negrillo, Comesebo
Family: Thraupidae • Tanagers, Seedeaters, Grassquits
Range: Widespread Latin America
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The Blue-black Grassquit adult male is entirely a dark blue-black colour. The eclipse or juvenile is more mottled (above and below). The female is brown with a streaked chest (further below).

The Blue-black Grassquit is found throughout Brazil and much of South America, often in the same sort of habitat as the Double-collared Seedeater. Also seen in Panama.

Below, eclipse or juvenile Blue-black Grassquit


Below, eclipse or juvenile Blue-black Grassquit


Below, female or juvenile Blue-black Grassquit, Para, Brazil.


Below, female Blue-black Grassquit, Brazil.