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Blue-black grassquit (Volatinia jacarina)

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Blue-black grassquit (Volatinia jacarina)

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Species/Soort Family/Familie Order/Orde Class/Klasse Phylum/Stam Kingdom/Rijk
Blue-black grassquit Tanagers and allies Perching birds Birds Chordate Animals
Jacarinagors Zangvogels Vogels Gewervelden Dieren
Volatinia jacarina Thraupidae Passeriformes Aves Chordata Animalia

Guapiaçu (Cachoeiras de Macacu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

2026:09:18 11:22:45
Blue-black grassquit (Volatinia jacarina)
OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/1600 sec at F5.6, ISO 1000, distance 9.59 m

The photo shows a male.

Areal (Cachoeiras de Macacu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 25 m)

2026:09:13 09:50:54
Blue-black grassquit (Volatinia jacarina)
OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/1000 sec at F5.6, ISO 5000, distance 13.0 m

The photo shows a immature blue-black grassquit.

Areal (Cachoeiras de Macacu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 25 m)

2026:09:13 09:49:09
Blue-black grassquit (Volatinia jacarina)
OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5, 1/1250 sec at F4.5, ISO 5000, distance 15.9 m

The photo shows a female.

Mogi das Cruzes, Sao Paulo, Brazil

2014:10:25 11:43:59
Blue-black grassquit (Volatinia jacarina)
NIKON D7100 with AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR II, 1/200 sec at F6.3, ISO 400, distance 19.95 m

Mogi das Cruzes, Sao Paulo, Brazil

2014:10:25 11:26:58
Blue-black grassquit (Volatinia jacarina)
NIKON D7100 with AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR II, 1/1600 sec at F3.2, ISO 400, distance 19.95 m

Where I have seen this species

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