Blue grosbeak

Blue grosbeak
Adult male
Adult female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cardinalidae
Genus: Passerina
Species:
P. caerulea
Binomial name
Passerina caerulea
  Breeding
  Migration
  Year-round
  Nonbreeding
Synonyms
  • Loxia caerulea Linnaeus, 1758
  • Guiraca caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758)

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.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Passerina caerulea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22723939A132170886. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22723939A132170886.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.