World Species : Volatinia jacarina (Blue-black Grassquit)

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Volatinia jacarina (Blue-black Grassquit)

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Synonyms: Tanagra jacarina (homotypic); Tanagra spec

Language: Spanish

Wikipedia Abstract

The blue-black grassquit (Volatinia jacarina) is a small bird in the tanager family, Thraupidae. It was previously classified in the bunting and American sparrow family, Emberizidae. It breeds from southern Mexico through Central America, and South America as far as northern Chile, Argentina and Paraguay, and on Trinidad and Tobago. It is the only member of the genus Volatinia. The male has a jumping display, often performed for long periods, which gives rise to the local name "johnny jump-up". This is accompanied by a persistent wheezing jweeee call.

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Infraspecies

Volatinia jacarina jacarina
Volatinia jacarina peruviensis
Volatinia jacarina splendens

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0)

Unique (100)

Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0)

Unique & Vulnerable (100)

ED Score: 8.64181

EDGE Score: 2.26611

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Attributes

Adult Weight ^[1]	10 grams

Breeding Habitat ^[2]	Tropical grasslands, Agricultural
Wintering Geography ^[2]	Non-migrartory
Wintering Habitat ^[2]	Tropical grasslands, Agricultural

Diet ^[3]	Herbivore

Clutch Size ^[3]	2
Fledging ^[1]	9 days
Incubation ^[1]	10 days
Migration ^[3]	Intracontinental

Ecoregions

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Name	Countries	Ecozone	Biome
Apure-Villavicencio dry forests	Colombia, Venezuela	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
Araya and Paria xeric scrub	Venezuela	Neotropic	Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
Atlantic Coast restingas	Brazil	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Atlantic dry forests	Brazil	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
Bahia coastal forests	Brazil	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Bahia interior forests	Brazil	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Bajío dry forests	Mexico	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
Balsas dry forests	Mexico	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
Belizean pine forests	Belize	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests
Beni savanna	Bolivia	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Bolivian montane dry forests	Bolivia	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
Bolivian Yungas	Bolivia	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Caatinga	Brazil	Neotropic	Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
Campos Rupestres montane savanna	Brazil	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Caqueta moist forests	Brazil, Columbia	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Caribbean shrublands	France, United Kingdom, Dominica, St. Lucia, Netherlands	Neotropic	Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
Catatumbo moist forests	Venezuela	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Cauca Valley dry forests	Colombia	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
Cauca Valley montane forests	Colombia	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Central American Atlantic moist forests	Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Central American dry forests	Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
Central American montane forests	Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Central American pine-oak forests	Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests
Cerrado	Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Chiapas montane forests	Mexico	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Chimalapas montane forests	Mexico	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Chiquitano dry forests	Bolivia, Brazil	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
Chocó-Darién moist forests	Colombia, Panama	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Cordillera La Costa montane forests	Venezuela	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Cordillera Oriental montane forests	Colombia, Venezuela	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Costa Rican seasonal moist forests	Costa Rica	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Eastern Cordillera real montane forests	Ecuador, Colombia, Peru	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Eastern Panamanian montane forests	Colombia, Panama	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Ecuadorian dry forests	Ecuador	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
Guajira-Barranquilla xeric scrub	Colombia, Venezuela	Neotropic	Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
Guayaquil flooded grasslands	Ecuador	Neotropic	Flooded Grasslands and Savannas
Guianan Freshwater swamp forests	Suriname, Guyana, French Guiana	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Guianan Highlands moist forests	Venezuela, Brazil, Guyana, Colombia	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Guianan moist forests	Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Venezuela	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Guianan savanna	Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Gurupa varzea	Brazil	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Iquitos varzea	Brazil, Peru, Bolivia	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Isthmian-Atlantic moist forests	Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Isthmian-Pacific moist forests	Costa Rica, Panama	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Jalisco dry forests	Mexico	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
Japurá-Solimoes-Negro moist forests	Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Juruá-Purus moist forests	Brazil	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
La Costa xeric shrublands	Venezuela	Neotropic	Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
Lara-Falcón dry forests	Venezuela	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
Lesser Antillean dry forests	Grenada, St. Lucia	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
Llanos	Colombia, Venezuela	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Madeira-Tapajós moist forests	Brazil, Bolivia	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Magdalena Valley dry forests	Colombia	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
Magdalena Valley montane forests	Colombia	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Magdalena-Urabá moist forests	Colombia	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Maracaibo dry forests	Venezuela	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
Marajó varzea	Brazil	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Maranhao Babatu forests	Brazil	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Marañón dry forests	Peru	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
Mato Grosso seasonal forests	Brazil	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Miskito pine forests	Honduras, Nicaragua	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests
Monte Alegre varzea	Brazil	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Napo moist forests	Colombia, Venezuela, Peru	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Negro-Branco moist forests	Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Northeastern Brazil restingas	Brazil	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Northwestern Andean montane forests	Colombia, Ecuador	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Oaxacan montane forests	Mexico	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Orinoco Delta swamp forests	Venezuela, Guyana	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Orinoco wetlands	Venezuela	Neotropic	Flooded Grasslands and Savannas
Panamanian dry forests	Panama	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
Pantanal	Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay	Neotropic	Flooded Grasslands and Savannas
Pantanos de Centla	Mexico	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Pantepuis	Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Brazil	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Paraguana xeric scrub	Venezuela	Neotropic	Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
Patía Valley dry forests	Colombia	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
Pernambuco coastal forests	Brazil	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Pernambuco interior forests	Brazil	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Peruvian Yungas	Peru	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Petén-Veracruz moist forests	Mexico, Guatemala, Belize	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Purus varzea	Brazil	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Purus-Madeira moist forests	Brazil	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Rio Negro campinarana	Brazil, Colombia	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Santa Marta montane forests	Colombia	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Sechura desert	Peru	Neotropic	Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
Serra do Mar coastal forests	Brazil	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Sierra de los Tuxtlas	Mexico	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Sierra Madre de Chiapas moist forest	Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Sierra Madre de Oaxaca pine-oak forests	Mexico	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests
Sierra Madre del Sur pine-oak forests	Mexico	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests
Sierra Madre Occidental pine-oak forests	Mexico, United States	Nearctic	Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests
Sierra Madre Oriental pine-oak forests	Mexico, United States	Nearctic	Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests
Sinaloan dry forests	Mexico	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
Sinú Valley dry forests	Colombia	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
Solimões-Japurá moist forest	Brazil, Colombia, Peru	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Southern Pacific dry forests	Mexico	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
Southwest Amazon moist forests	Peru, Brazil, Bolivia	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Talamancan montane forests	Costa Rica, Panama	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Tapajós-Xingu moist forests	Brazil	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Tocantins/Pindare moist forests	Brazil	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt pine-oak forests	Mexico	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests
Trinidad and Tobago moist forests	Trinidad and Tobago	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Tumbes-Piura dry forests	Ecuador, Peru	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
Uatuma-Trombetas moist forests	Brazil, Guyana, Suriname	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Ucayali moist forests	Peru	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Uruguayan savanna	Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Venezuelan Andes montane forests	Colombia, Venezuela	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Veracruz dry forests	Mexico	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
Veracruz moist forests	Mexico	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Veracruz montane forests	Mexico	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Western Ecuador moist forests	Colombia, Ecuador	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Windward Islands moist forests	Martinique, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Xingu-Tocantins-Araguaia moist forests	Brazil	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Yucatán dry forests	Mexico	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
Yucatán moist forests	Mexico, Guatemala, Belize	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

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Biodiversity Hotspots

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Predators

Boa constrictor (Boa Constrictor)	^[4]
Pseudoscops clamator (Striped Owl)	^[5]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ ¹Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ ²Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018.
♦ ³Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ ⁴Hábitos alimentares de serpentes em Espigão do Oeste, Rondônia, Brasil, Paulo Sérgio Bernarde & Augusto Shinya Abe, Biota Neotrop., vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 167-173 (2010)
♦ ⁵Motta-Junior, JC, C. J R. Alho, and S. C S. Belentani. 2004. Food habits of the Striped Owl Asio clamator in southeast Brazil Pages 777–784 in Raptors worldwide: proceedings of the VI world conference on birds of prey and owls (R. Chancellor and B.-U. Meyburg, Eds.)

Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database

Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund

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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0