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title: "Blue-black Grassquit"
description: "Volatinia jacarina — Uccelli. The blue-black grassquit (Volatinia jacarina) is a small Neotropical bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/blue-black-grassquit
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Blue-black Grassquit

> Volatinia jacarina — Uccelli. The blue-black grassquit (Volatinia jacarina) is a small Neotropical bird  in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies.

- Scientific name: *Volatinia jacarina*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Prati e campi)
- iNaturalist observations: 13967
- Wikidata: [Q1099397](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1099397)
- iNaturalist taxon: [10288](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/10288)

## Names

- en: Blue-black Grassquit
- de: Jacarinitangare
- es: Semillero brincador
- fr: Jacarini noir
- nl: Jacarinagors
- pt: Tiziu
- pl: Polniczka

## Countries with the most observations

MX (4304), BR (2900), CO (1006), PE (850), PA (693), CR (578), EC (453), AR (408), HN (328), BO (214), GF (185), TT (183)

## Summary

The blue-black grassquit (Volatinia jacarina) is a small Neotropical bird  in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found in Mexico, every Central American country, every mainland South American country, in Trinidad and Tobago, and in Grenada.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-black_grassquit

## Photo

![Blue-black Grassquit](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/blue-black-grassquit/medium.jpg)

Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/238330156

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/blue-black-grassquit?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).