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BLUE-BLACK GRASSQUIT Volatinia jacarina
No patch of wet scrubby grassland is complete without the presence of the grassquit, a core member of mixed seed-eating flocks. Females are dull and easily overlooked, but males are striking and unmistakeable in their glossy blue-black dress. During the spring watch out for the territorial displays of the male, performing up and down flights from a prominent perch and showing off his white underwing, hoping to catch the eye of a broody female (see FPAVE3035VI).
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE3027PH) Adult male, Arroyo Mboi Kae, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith September 2005).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE3028PH) Same individual as (FPAVE3027PH) underwing (Paul Smith September 2005).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE3029PH) Adult female, Arroyo Mboi Kae, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith September 2005).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE3030PH) Same individual as (FPAVE3029PH) upperwing (Paul Smith September 2005).
FIGURE 5 - (FPAVE3031PH) Immature male, location unknown (Arne Lesterhuis undated).
FIGURE 6 - (FPAVE3032PH) Immature male, Arroyo Mboi Kae, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith September 2005).
FIGURE 7 - (FPAVE3033PH) Same individual as (FPAVE3032PH) upperwing (Paul Smith September 2005).
FIGURE 8 - (FPAVE3034PH) Immature male underwing, PN Tte Enciso, Departamento Boquerón (Paul Smith August 2011).
VIDEO - (FPAVE3035VI) Displaying male, Feria Municipal, Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith January 2007).
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