Blue Bunting
Cyanocompsa parellina
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCardinalidae (Cardinàlids)
- GenusCyanocompsa (Blue Buntings)
- SpeciesCyanocompsa parellina (Blue Bunting)
Closest Relatives at Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
Painted Bunting
Passerina ciris
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager
Habia rubica
Rose-throated Tanager
Piranga roseogularis
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Blue Grosbeak
Passerina caerulea
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Dickcissel
Spiza americana
Yellow Warbler
Setophaga petechia
Great-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus mexicanus
Tropical Mockingbird
Mimus gilvus
📅 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
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calakmul Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 2 | Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 3 | Biotopo Cerro Cahuí | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 4 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 5 | Cañón del Sumidero National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 6 | Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 7 | Celestún Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 8 | Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Blue Bunting in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Blue Bunting sighting in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, based on 16 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Blue Bunting in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve?
March has the highest sighting rate for Blue Bunting in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve in our monthly data.