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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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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What the Ultramarine Grosbeak sounds like
Where the Ultramarine Grosbeak lives
When to see the Ultramarine Grosbeak
Peak activity in October · a resident species across most of its range
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