Red-and-black Grosbeak (Periporphyrus erythromelas)
About the Red-and-black Grosbeak
The red-and-black grosbeak (Periporphyrus erythromelas) is a species of bird in the family Cardinalidae, the cardinals, grosbeaks, and “tanager” allies. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. The red-and-black grosbeak was formally described in 1789 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae. He placed it in the genus Loxia and coined the binomial Loxia erythromelas. The specific epithet is from Ancient Greek and means "blackish-red" or "red and
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 16 recordings for this species: 10 CC BY-NC-SA · 2 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Brazil, Venezuela in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Other birds you can hear here
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- Amazonian GrosbeakCyanoloxia rothschildiirecording
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- BananaquitCoereba flaveolarecording
These are the birds recorded alongside it, not close relatives — the site holds no other member of its genus or family yet.