Blue-black Grosbeak
Three subspecies identified...fairly
common in dense forest understory
...heard much more often than seen.
Cyanocompsa cyanoides
(L 7.0")
Chan Chich Lodge area
10Mar2019
© David L.
Ross, Jr.
Macaulay
Library
Cyanocompsa in Greek means
dark blue elegant; cyanoides in
Latin means
dark blue
resembling.
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