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 El Triunfo
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
Painted Bunting
Passerina ciris
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Western Tanager
Piranga ludoviciana
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager
Habia rubica
Flame-colored Tanager
Piranga bidentata
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
White-winged Tanager
Piranga leucoptera
Yellow Grosbeak
Pheucticus chrysopeplus
Clay-colored Thrush
Turdus grayi
Melodious Blackbird
Dives dives
Social Flycatcher
Myiozetetes similis
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Blue Grosbeak at El Triunfo — 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