Blue-black Grassquit
Volatinia jacarina
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyThraupidae (Tanagers and Allies)
- GenusVolatinia
- SpeciesVolatinia jacarina (Blue-black Grassquit)
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. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Irazú Volcano National Park
Slaty Flowerpiercer
Diglossa plumbea
Green Honeycreeper
Chlorophanes spiza
Bananaquit
Coereba flaveola
Peg-billed Finch
Acanthidops bairdi
Blue-gray Tanager
Thraupis episcopus
Yellow-faced Grassquit
Tiaris olivaceus
Silver-throated Tanager
Tangara icterocephala
Cinnamon-bellied Saltator
Saltator grandis
Sooty Thrush
Turdus nigrescens
Rufous-collared Sparrow
Zonotrichia capensis
Sooty-capped Bush-Tanager
Chlorospingus pileatus
Wilson's Warbler
Cardellina pusilla
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Blue-black Grassquit at Irazú Volcano National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there