Blue Grosbeak
Passerina caerulea
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCardinalidae (Cardinàlids)
- GenusPasserina (North American Buntings)
- SpeciesPasserina caerulea (Blue Grosbeak)
Closest Relatives at Rocky Mountain National Park
Lazuli Bunting
Passerina amoena
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
Western Tanager
Piranga ludoviciana
Black-headed Grosbeak
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Yellow Grosbeak
Pheucticus chrysopeplus
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Dickcissel
Spiza americana
Mountain Chickadee
Poecile gambeli
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
Black-billed Magpie
Pica hudsonia
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos
📅 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 Grosbeak in Rocky Mountain National Park?
About 0% of visitor-days record a Blue Grosbeak sighting in Rocky Mountain National Park, based on 6 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Blue Grosbeak in Rocky Mountain National Park?
September has the highest sighting rate for Blue Grosbeak in Rocky Mountain National Park in our monthly data.