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Blue Grosbeak, a bird (see Hunn, attestations)
ĒLŌ-TŌTŌ-TL, literally, “green corn bird,” Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) [FC: 22 Elutototl]: “Its wings and its bill are of dull colors. It is [the color of] the lovely cotinga {xiuhtototic} – light blue. It looks dull, it turns dull.” Martin del Campo identified this bird as the Blue Grosbeak. Of the several bluish birds that might fit this description, e.g., Blue Bunting (Cyanocompsa parellina), Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea), only the Blue Grosbeak is a permanent resident of the Central Mexican highlands, and thus perhaps the best option. The Blue Grosbeak has dark wings, brown wing-bars, and a gray bill, details that fit.