Blue Grosbeak
Passerina caerulea
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCardinalidae (Cardinàlids)
- GenusPasserina (North American Buntings)
- SpeciesPasserina caerulea (Blue Grosbeak)
The blue grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) is a medium-sized North American passerine bird in the cardinal family Cardinalidae. It is mainly migratory, wintering in Central America and breeding in northern Mexico and the southern United States. The male is blue with two brown wing bars. The female is mainly brown with scattered blue feathers on the upperparts and two brown wing bars. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at La Tigra National Park
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
Painted Bunting
Passerina ciris
Flame-colored Tanager
Piranga bidentata
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Hepatic Tanager
Piranga flava
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Western Tanager
Piranga ludoviciana
Slate-colored Solitaire
Myadestes unicolor
Slate-throated Redstart
Myioborus miniatus
Wilson's Warbler
Cardellina pusilla
Common Chlorospingus
Chlorospingus flavopectus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Blue Grosbeak at La Tigra 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