Blue-black grosbeak

Blue-black grosbeak
Male (above) and female (below)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cardinalidae
Genus: Cyanoloxia
Species:
C. cyanoides
Binomial name
Cyanoloxia cyanoides
(Lafresnaye, 1847)
Synonyms

Cyanoloxia cyanoides

The blue-black grosbeak (Cyanoloxia cyanoides) is a species of songbird in the family Cardinalidae.

The South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society places this species in genus Cyanoloxia. In addition, in 2018 the committee split the eastern lowland population into a new species, the Amazonian grosbeak (Cyanoloxia rothschildii).