Blue Grosbeak

Q: What are the chances of seeing a Blue Grosbeak in Los Haitises National Park?

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Blue Grosbeak sighting in Los Haitises National Park, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.

Q: When is the best time to see Blue Grosbeak in Los Haitises National Park?

March has the highest sighting rate for Blue Grosbeak in Los Haitises National Park in our monthly data.

Passerina caerulea

Silhouette: Jonah Duckles · PhyloPic

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
FamilyCardinalidae (Cardinals and Allies)
GenusPasserina (North American Buntings)
SpeciesPasserina caerulea (Blue Grosbeak)

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

at Los Haitises National Park

7 Verified sightings at Los Haitises National Park From 2019 to 2026

3,536 Verified sightings across all 55 parks From 2019 to 2026

March Best month highest sighting rate

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

About the 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.

The blue grosbeak was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Loxia caerulea. The specific epithet caerulea is the Latin word for "blue", "azure-blue", "sky-blue" or "dark-blue". Linnaeus based his own description on the "blew gross-beak" described and illustrated by Mark Catesby in his The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands. The book had been published in 1729–1732. Catesby gave the location as Carolina and Linnaeus specified America. The type location is now restricted to South Carolina.

Some taxonomists placed the blue grosbeak in its own monotypic genus Guiraca but in 2001 a molecular phylogenetic study of mitochondrial DNA sequences found that the blue grosbeak, in spite... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Los Haitises National Park

Corvus leucognaphalus

Daily sighting probability ~90% · Very likely

Dulus dominicus

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

Tyrannus dominicensis

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

Mimus polyglottos

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

Vireo altiloquus

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

Coereba flaveola

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

Tiaris olivaceus

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

Myiarchus stolidus

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Quiscalus niger

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Setophaga ruticilla

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Phaenicophilus palmarum

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Setophaga tigrina

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

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Global Distribution

Warmer areas are where this animal is recorded most often.

Parks Where Found

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

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Blue Grosbeak in Los Haitises National Park?

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Blue Grosbeak sighting in Los Haitises National Park, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Blue Grosbeak in Los Haitises National Park?

March has the highest sighting rate for Blue Grosbeak in Los Haitises National Park in our monthly data.

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Blue Grosbeak

About the Blue Grosbeak

Recent sightings of Blue Grosbeak in Los Haitises National Park

Closest Relatives at Los Haitises National Park

White-necked Crow

Palmchat

Gray Kingbird

Northern Mockingbird

Black-whiskered Vireo

Bananaquit

Yellow-faced Grassquit

Stolid Flycatcher

Greater Antillean Grackle

American Redstart

Black-crowned Palm-Tanager

Cape May Warbler

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

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