Abundance: 0.03 to 4.53% (median 1.00%)
Latitudinal range: -27.2° to 17.6°Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (3), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (23), tropical/subtropical savanna (1)
Found in 27 samples
Argentina: Toma
Belize: Blue Creek Village (Indian Village), Hill Bank
Bolivia: Noel Kempff Mercado National Park
Brazil: Tapajós National Forest (gap), Tapajós National Forest (forest), Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project Site KM41, Jarí Celulose S.A. (terra firme, control), Jaù National Park (near stream), Jaù National Park (plateau), Jutaituba
Colombia: Mirití Paranâ River
Costa Rica: La Selva Biological Station (gap), La Selva Biological Station (intact forest)
Guatemala: Puerto Barrios (mist netted birds)
Honduras: Centro de Investigacíon y Jardín Botânico Lancetilla
Mexico: Palomares
Nicaragua: Siuna (birds, primary forest), Siuna (birds, secondary forest), Siuna (birds, allspice)
Panama: Chiva Chiva Road (late shrub), Pipeline Road, Limbo Hunt Club (gap), Limbo Hunt Club (forest)
Venezuela: Cumanâ, Imataca Forest Reserve Unit 5, Instituto de Biología Experimental (wet season)
See also Cyanocompsa brissonii, Cyanocompsa cyanea, Cyanocompsa cyanoides, Cyanocompsa parellina