Blue-black Grassquit

Volatinia jacarina

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Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
FamilyThraupidae (Tanagers and Allies)
GenusVolatinia
SpeciesVolatinia jacarina (Blue-black Grassquit)

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

at Utría National Natural Park

1 Verified sightings at Utría National Natural Park From 2019 to 2026

15,014 Verified sightings across all 86 parks From 2019 to 2026

☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

About the Blue-black Grassquit

The blue-black grassquit (Volatinia jacarina) is a small Neotropical bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found in Mexico, every Central American country, every mainland South American country, in Trinidad and Tobago, and in Grenada.

The blue-black grassquit was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1766 in the twelfth edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Tanagra jacarina. Linnaeus based his description on the "Jacarni" that was described in 1648 by the German naturalist Georg Marcgrave in his Historia Naturalis Brasiliae. The type locality is eastern Brazil. The specific epithet jacarina is derived from the Tupi language and was used for a type of finch. The blue-black grassquit is now the only species in the genus Volatinia that was introduced in 1850 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach. The genus name is a diminutive of the Latin volatus meaning "flying".

Within the tanager family Thraupidae the blue-black grassquit is in the subfamily Tachyphoninae and is a member of a clade that contains the genera Conothraupis and Creurgops. It was formerly placed with the buntings in the... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Utría National Natural Park

Ramphocelus flammigerus

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Coereba flaveola

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Heterospingus xanthopygius

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Cyanerpes cyaneus

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Cyanerpes caeruleus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Thraupis episcopus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Dacnis venusta

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Dacnis cayana

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Ramphocelus dimidiatus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Thraupis palmarum

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Tachyphonus delatrii

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Sporophila corvina

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

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Global Distribution

Warmer areas are where this animal is recorded most often.

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Daily sighting probability
1	Emas National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~70%
2	Serra da Canastra National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~50%
3	Chapada Diamantina National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~40%
4	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~30%
5	Cusuco National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	~30%
6	Noel Kempff Mercado National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	~20%
7	Cordillera Azul National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	~20%
8	Lago de Yojoa	🇭🇳 Honduras	~20%
9	Piedras Blancas National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~20%
10	Chapada dos Guimarães National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~20%
11	Main Ridge Forest Reserve	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	~20%
12	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~20%
13	Marino Ballena National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~20%
14	Caroni Swamp	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	~20%
15	Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~20%
16	Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	~20%
17	Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~10%
18	Madidi National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	~10%
19	Sierra de la Macarena National Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~10%
20	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	~10%
21	Manuel Antonio National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
22	Iberá National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	~10%
23	Chagres National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~10%
24	Machalilla National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	~10%
25	Calakmul Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~10%
26	Pico Bonito National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	~10%
27	Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary	🇧🇿 Belize	~10%
28	El Triunfo	🇲🇽 Mexico	~10%
29	Henri Pittier National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	~10%
30	San Lorenzo Protected Forest	🇵🇦 Panama	~10%
31	Manu National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	~10%
32	Tenorio Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
33	Carara National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
34	Anavilhanas National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~10%
35	Podocarpus National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	~10%
36	Amacayacu National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~10%
37	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
38	Puracé National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~10%
39	Cañón del Sumidero National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	~10%
40	Canaima National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	~10%
41	Tambopata National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	~10%
42	Palo Verde National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
43	Arenal Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
44	El Impenetrable National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	~10%
45	Cahuita National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
46	Farallones de Cali National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~10%
47	Serra dos Órgãos National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~10%
48	Tayrona National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~10%
49	Braulio Carrillo National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
50	Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas	🇧🇷 Brazil	<5%
51	Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
52	Huascarán National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	<5%
53	Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
54	Volcán Barú National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
55	Itatiaia National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	<5%
56	Amboró National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	<5%
57	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
58	Tijuca National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	<5%
59	Paracas National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	<5%
60	Iguazú National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	<5%
61	Yasuní National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	<5%
62	Santa Rosa National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
63	Ostional Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
64	La Tigra National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	<5%
65	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
66	El Palmar National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	<5%
67	Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve	🇪🇨 Ecuador	<5%
68	Iguaçu National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	<5%
69	Las Baulas Marine National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
70	Chirripó National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
71	Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
72	Los Nevados National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
73	Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
74	Parque Natural Metropolitano	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
75	Chingaza National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
76	Rincón de la Vieja National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
77	Celestún Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
78	Tikal National Park	🇬🇹 Guatemala	<5%
79	Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
80	Celaque National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	Insufficient data
81	Brownsberg Nature Park	🇸🇷 Suriname	Insufficient data
82	Utría National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data
83	Poás Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
84	Coiba National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
85	Irazú Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
86	Masaya Volcano National Park	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	Insufficient data

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Blue-black Grassquit

About the Blue-black Grassquit

Recent sightings of Blue-black Grassquit in Utría National Natural Park

Closest Relatives at Utría National Natural Park

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Global Distribution

Parks Where Found