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Blue-black Grassquit

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Volatinia jacarina

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Life, Habitat & Pictures of the Blue-black Grassquit

B L W W W Family Latin Name
4.25" 10.8cm 7" 17.8cm 0.3oz 8.5g Thraupidae Volatinia jacarina

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Blue-black Grassquit range

The Blue-black Grassquit is a native bird to souhern Mexico, Central America and South America. The male has a very dark blue colored body with black colored wings, as the female is brown colored, seen with a light brown breast. These sparrows sized birds can be found in grassy terrains. It is a rare vagrant to Cuba.


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