Blue-black Grosbeak
Cyanocompsa cyanoides
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCardinalidae (Cardinàlids)
- GenusCyanocompsa (Blue Buntings)
- SpeciesCyanocompsa cyanoides (Blue-black Grosbeak)
The blue-black grosbeak (Cyanoloxia cyanoides) is a species of songbird in the family Cardinalidae. The South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society places this species in genus Cyanoloxia. In addition, in 2018 the committee split the eastern lowland population into a new species, the Amazonian grosbeak (Cyanoloxia rothschildii). Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Las Baulas Marine National Park
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Dickcissel
Spiza americana
Painted Bunting
Passerina ciris
Western Tanager
Piranga ludoviciana
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
Blue Grosbeak
Passerina caerulea
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
Great Kiskadee
Pitangus sulphuratus
Great-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus mexicanus
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Rufous-backed Wren
Campylorhynchus capistratus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Blue-black Grosbeak at Las Baulas Marine National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ 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