Blue Grosbeak
Passerina caerulea
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCardinalidae (Cardinàlids)
- GenusPasserina (North American Buntings)
- SpeciesPasserina caerulea (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. Wikipedia →
5–10% of wildlife watchers report a Blue Grosbeak sighting in Cañón del Sumidero National Park, based on 57 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Cañón del Sumidero National Park
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
Varied Bunting
Passerina versicolor
Painted Bunting
Passerina ciris
Rose-bellied Bunting
Passerina rositae
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Western Tanager
Piranga ludoviciana
Red-breasted Chat
Granatellus venustus
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Blue Bunting
Cyanocompsa parellina
Yellow Grosbeak
Pheucticus chrysopeplus
Blue Seedeater
Amaurospiza concolor
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager
Habia rubica
📅 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 Cañón del Sumidero National Park?
About 5% of wildlife watchers report a Blue Grosbeak sighting in Cañón del Sumidero National Park, based on 57 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Blue Grosbeak in Cañón del Sumidero National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Blue Grosbeak in Cañón del Sumidero National Park in our monthly data.