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The bluebird is a passerine bird in the Cardinalidae family.It is also known by the names of blue-billed bluebird or blue-billed bluebird, northeastern bluebird, southern bluebird, true bluebird, forest bluebird (South of Piauí), blue-guarundi, blue-guarundi, gurundi -blue and tiathan.Scientific nameIts scientific name means: do (Greek) kuanos = dark blue; and loxia = cross-beaked, strong-beaked finch; and from brissonii.
brissonia = tribute to the French ornithologist, Mathurin Jacques Brisson (1723-1806).
⇒ (Bird) dark blue with strong Brisson beak.
In ornithology, loxia is used for a wide variety of strong-beaked "finches" or "finch-like" birds.