Blue-black Grassquit
Volatinia jacarina
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyThraupidae (Tanagers and Allies)
- GenusVolatinia
- SpeciesVolatinia jacarina (Blue-black Grassquit)
Closest Relatives at Paracas National Reserve
Cinereous Conebill
Conirostrum cinereum
Chestnut-throated Seedeater
Sporophila telasco
Drab Seedeater
Sporophila simplex
Raimondi's Yellow-Finch
Sicalis raimondii
Streaked Saltator
Saltator striatipectus
Slender-billed Finch
Xenospingus concolor
Black-throated Flowerpiercer
Diglossa brunneiventris
Puna Yellow-Finch
Sicalis lutea
Saffron Finch
Sicalis flaveola
Greenish Yellow-Finch
Sicalis olivascens
Grassland Yellow-Finch
Sicalis luteola
Blue-and-white Swallow
Notiochelidon cyanoleuca
📅 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-black Grassquit in Paracas National Reserve?
About 3% of visitor-days record a Blue-black Grassquit sighting in Paracas National Reserve, based on 14 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Blue-black Grassquit in Paracas National Reserve?
March has the highest sighting rate for Blue-black Grassquit in Paracas National Reserve in our monthly data.