Blue-black Grassquit
Volatinia jacarina
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyThraupidae (Tanagers and Allies)
- GenusVolatinia
- SpeciesVolatinia jacarina (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. Wikipedia →
5–10% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-black Grassquit sighting in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas, based on 128 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas
Yellow-billed Cardinal
Paroaria capitata
Silver-beaked Tanager
Ramphocelus carbo
Blue-gray Saltator
Saltator coerulescens
Sayaca Tanager
Thraupis sayaca
Bananaquit
Coereba flaveola
Rusty-collared Seedeater
Sporophila collaris
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarum
Chestnut-vented Conebill
Conirostrum speciosum
Saffron Finch
Sicalis flaveola
Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch
Sporophila angolensis
White-bellied Seedeater
Sporophila leucoptera
Gray-headed Tanager
Eucometis penicillata
📅 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-black Grassquit in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas?
About 5% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-black Grassquit sighting in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas, based on 128 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Blue-black Grassquit in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas?
April has the highest sighting rate for Blue-black Grassquit in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas in our monthly data.