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 →
<5% of wildlife watchers report a Blue Grosbeak sighting in Zion National Park, based on 50 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Zion National Park
Lazuli Bunting
Passerina amoena
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
Painted Bunting
Passerina ciris
Black-headed Grosbeak
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Western Tanager
Piranga ludoviciana
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Common Raven
Corvus corax
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
Spotted Towhee
Pipilo maculatus
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay
Aphelocoma woodhouseii
House Finch
Haemorhous mexicanus
Canyon Wren
Catherpes mexicanus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ 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
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Blue Grosbeak in Zion National Park?
About 3% of wildlife watchers report a Blue Grosbeak sighting in Zion National Park, based on 50 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Blue Grosbeak in Zion National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Blue Grosbeak in Zion National Park in our monthly data.