Blue Grosbeak

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

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Blue Grosbeak sighting in Saguaro National Park, based on 1,479 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.

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

August has the highest sighting rate for Blue Grosbeak in Saguaro National Park in our monthly data.

Passerina caerulea

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 Saguaro National Park

1,479 Verified sightings at Saguaro National Park From 2019 to 2026

6,010 Verified sightings across all 66 parks From 2019 to 2026

August 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 Saguaro National Park

Passerina amoena

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Passerina versicolor

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Passerina cyanea

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Passerina ciris

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

LC Endemic

Cardinalis cardinalis

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Cardinalis sinuatus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Piranga ludoviciana

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Piranga rubra

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Pheucticus melanocephalus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Spiza americana

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Pheucticus ludovicianus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Piranga flava

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

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

Quick answers

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

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Blue Grosbeak sighting in Saguaro National Park, based on 1,479 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.

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

August has the highest sighting rate for Blue Grosbeak in Saguaro National Park in our monthly data.

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Blue Grosbeak

About the Blue Grosbeak

Closest Relatives at Saguaro National Park

Lazuli Bunting

Varied Bunting

Indigo Bunting

Painted Bunting

Northern Cardinal

Pyrrhuloxia

Western Tanager

Summer Tanager

Black-headed Grosbeak

Dickcissel

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Hepatic Tanager

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

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