Blue-black Grosbeak
Cyanocompsa cyanoides
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCardinalidae (Cardinàlids)
- GenusCyanocompsa (Blue Buntings)
- SpeciesCyanocompsa cyanoides (Blue-black Grosbeak)
Closest Relatives at Piedras Blancas National Park
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Hepatic Tanager
Piranga flava
Western Tanager
Piranga ludoviciana
Dickcissel
Spiza americana
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
Painted Bunting
Passerina ciris
Blue Grosbeak
Passerina caerulea
Scarlet-rumped Tanager
Ramphocelus passerinii
Variable Seedeater
Sporophila corvina
Great Kiskadee
Pitangus sulphuratus
📅 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 Grosbeak in Piedras Blancas National Park?
About 17% of visitor-days record a Blue-black Grosbeak sighting in Piedras Blancas National Park, based on 321 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Blue-black Grosbeak in Piedras Blancas National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Blue-black Grosbeak in Piedras Blancas National Park in our monthly data.