Cyanocompsa cyanoides
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~60%
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).
The blue-black grosbeak is found in the family Cardinalidae, within the order Passeriformes. Although it is still sometimes placed in the genus Cyanocompsa, it was found that this genus is paraphyletic and contains members of the genus Amaurospiza and Cyanoloxia.
There are three subspecies in this taxa: Cyanoloxia cyanoides cyanoides, Cyanoloxia cyanoides caerulescens, and Cyanoloxia cyanoides concreta. Although these three subspecies are very similar, there are slight differences between them. Males all have dark blue plumage, however, C.c. concreta has the darkest of the three and is also the largest. Next, in terms of size and coloration, is C.c. caerulescens, followed by C.c. cyanoides, which has the smallest size and brightest plumage.
Originally there was a fourth subspecies, C.c. rothschildii... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Pedro Sula | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 2 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Caracas | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 4 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-black Grosbeak sighting in Henri Pittier National Park on a given day, based on 62 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 93rd most-seen of the 358 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-black Grosbeak in Henri Pittier National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–February and September, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blue-black Grosbeak sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
11th of 39
Of the 39 parks where we can rate Blue-black Grosbeak sightings, Henri Pittier National Park ranks 11th at about 10%. The best odds are in Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary (Belize, about 30%), Bastimentos Island National Marine Park (Panama, about 20%) and Tenorio Volcano National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Blue-black Grosbeak is recorded against all the birds logged in Henri Pittier National Park (62 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
