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Blue Grosbeak

Passerina caerulea

Least Concern (IUCN Red List)Cardinals and Allies
Blue Grosbeak, photographed by lwolfartist

Photo: lwolfartist · Wikimedia · CC-BY 2.0 (licence)

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About the Blue Grosbeak

Beefy, big-headed, large-billed bunting. Male is deep cobalt blue with rufous wingbars. Females are warm brown with rufous or buffy wingbars. Always look for enormous bill to separate from other buntings; also note unstreaked underparts and slightly longer tail. Swishes tail like other buntings. Fairly common in overgrown fields with hedgerows and bushes. Breeds mostly in the southern half of the U.S. and northern Mexico; winters throughout Central America. Often gathers in flocks in the winter.

Species account: eBird.org, fetched 2025-12-26 · How these pages are made

Where it has been recorded

Recorded in 31 of the 253 countries we have eBird lists for. Each opens that country's checklist.

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