Blue Grosbeak

Passerina caerulea

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Cordats)
ClassAves (Aus)
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyCardinalidae (Cardinàlids)
GenusPasserina (North American Buntings)
SpeciesPasserina caerulea (Blue Grosbeak)

Insufficient data

overall probability at Piedras Blancas National Park

1 Verified records at Piedras Blancas National Park

☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

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 Piedras Blancas National Park

Passerina cyanea

Insufficient data

Passerina ciris

Insufficient data

Piranga rubra

20–30% · Possible

Cyanocompsa cyanoides

10–20% · With luck

Piranga olivacea

<5% · Rare

Pheucticus ludovicianus

Piranga flava

Piranga ludoviciana

Spiza americana

Ramphocelus passerinii

70–80% · Very likely

Sporophila corvina

50–60% · Likely

Pitangus sulphuratus

50–60% · Likely

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📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Blue Grosbeak at Piedras Blancas National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal

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

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	Badlands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	30–40%
2	Big Bend National Park	🇺🇸 United States	20–30%
3	Guadalupe Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
4	Cumbres de Monterrey National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	5–10%
5	Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca	🇲🇽 Mexico	5–10%
6	Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	5–10%
7	Great Smoky Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	5–10%
8	Congaree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	5–10%
9	Cañón del Sumidero National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	5–10%
10	Rincón de la Vieja National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
11	Santa Rosa National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
12	Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
13	Calakmul Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
14	Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
15	Shenandoah National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
16	Zion National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
17	Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
18	Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	<5%
19	Carara National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
20	Palo Verde National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
21	Everglades National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
22	Lago de Yojoa	🇭🇳 Honduras	<5%
23	Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
24	Death Valley National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
25	Los Haitises National Park	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	<5%
26	El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
27	Celestún Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
28	Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary	🇧🇿 Belize	<5%
29	Manuel Antonio National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
30	Masaya Volcano National Park	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	<5%
31	Pico Bonito National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	<5%
32	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
33	Big Cypress National Preserve	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
34	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
35	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
36	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
37	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
38	Point Pelee National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
39	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
40	Joshua Tree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
41	Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
42	Rocky Mountain National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
43	Celaque National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	Insufficient data
44	Biotopo Cerro Cahuí	🇬🇹 Guatemala	Insufficient data
45	Grand Teton National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
46	El Triunfo	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
47	Coiba National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
48	La Tigra National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	Insufficient data
49	Ostional Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
50	Las Baulas Marine National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
51	Bahía de Loreto National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
52	Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
53	Cahuita National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
54	Grand Canyon National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
55	Tenorio Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
56	Ciénaga de Zapata	🇨🇺 Cuba	Insufficient data
57	Chirripó National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
58	Arenal Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
59	Braulio Carrillo National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
60	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
61	Piedras Blancas National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
62	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
63	Yosemite National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
64	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
65	Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data

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Blue Grosbeak

Closest Relatives at Piedras Blancas National Park

Indigo Bunting

Painted Bunting

Summer Tanager

Blue-black Grosbeak

Scarlet Tanager

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Hepatic Tanager

Western Tanager

Dickcissel

Scarlet-rumped Tanager

Variable Seedeater

Great Kiskadee

📅 Monthly Probability

☀️ When They're Spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found