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ForestCup nestSmall · 28 g
What the Ultramarine Grosbeak sounds like
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These birds are 15 cm long. Adult males exhibit a dark-blue plumage with bright-blue highlights on the head and upper-wings and black on the face, wings and tail. The females and the juveniles are brown. Both sexes show black legs and large, thick bill. The Ultramarine Grosbeak is sedentary, only noted to have short-distance local migrations. Individuals of this species are solitary and often territorial, rarely associating with conspecifics or loosely aggregating in mixed-species flocks.
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When to see the Ultramarine Grosbeak
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Ultramarine Grosbeak
The map shades 7 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Ultramarine Grosbeak
The ultramarine grosbeak is a species of grosbeak in the family Cardinalidae. It is found in a wide range of semi-open habitats in eastern and central South America, with a disjunct population in northern South America.
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Easily confused with
Amazonian GrosbeakCyanoloxia rothschildiiThe 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).
Glaucous-blue GrosbeakCyanoloxia glaucocaeruleaThe glaucous-blue grosbeak is approximately 14 cm (5.5 in) long.
Blue-black GrosbeakCyanoloxia cyanoidesThe blue-black grosbeak is sexually dimorphic.
Side by side: Blue-black Grosbeak vs Ultramarine Grosbeak · Blue Bunting vs Ultramarine Grosbeak · Amazonian Grosbeak vs Ultramarine Grosbeak · Glaucous-blue Grosbeak vs Ultramarine Grosbeak
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