Blue-black Grosbeak
Cyanocompsa cyanoides
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCardinalidae (Cardinàlids)
- GenusCyanocompsa (Blue Buntings)
- SpeciesCyanocompsa cyanoides (Blue-black Grosbeak)
The blue-black grosbeak (Cyanoloxia cyanoides) is a species of songbird in the family Cardinalidae. The South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society places this species in genus Cyanoloxia. In addition, in 2018 the committee split the eastern lowland population into a new species, the Amazonian grosbeak (Cyanoloxia rothschildii). Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Volcán Barú National Park
Flame-colored Tanager
Piranga bidentata
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Black-thighed Grosbeak
Pheucticus tibialis
White-winged Tanager
Piranga leucoptera
Hepatic Tanager
Piranga flava
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
Blue Seedeater
Amaurospiza concolor
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
Western Tanager
Piranga ludoviciana
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager
Habia rubica
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren
Henicorhina leucophrys
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Blue-black Grosbeak at Volcán Barú 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