The Glaucous-blue Grosbeak lives in wetlands and nearby scrub in southern South America. Males are pale blue, while females are reddish brown.
The male is pale blue rather than deep indigo and has a large dark bill. The female is mostly reddish brown.
It lives in freshwater marshes and nearby shrubs. Its low twig nest holds two to four pale blue eggs.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.