Blue-black Grassquit
Volatinia jacarina (Linnaeus, 1766)
Thraupidae — Tanagers & Allies
Blue-black Grassquit, Volatinia jacarina, is a widespread breeding bird of Middle America and South America in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is the only species in its genus. The male is glossy blue-black, with black wings and tail and white inner underwing visible in flight or display. Females and young birds are brown above and buff below with dark streaking. It was first described by Linnaeus in 1766. Its breeding range extends from southern Mexico through Central America and across much of South America, including Trinidad and Tobago.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Thraupidae — Tanagers & Allies
- Breeding range
- Middle America, South America: widespread
