Blue Grosbeak

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Blue Grosbeak
Male (upper), female (lower)
Male (upper), female (lower)
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cardinalidae
Genus: Passerina
Species: P. caerulea
Binomial name
Passerina caerulea
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea, formerly Guiraca caerulea)*, is a medium-sized seed-eating bird in the same family as the Northern Cardinal, "tropical" or New World buntings, and "cardinal-grosbeaks" or New World grosbeaks.

The Blue Grosbeak is a migratory bird, with nesting grounds across most of the southern half of the United States, and much of northern Mexico.

* See Evolution of the binomial name of the Blue Grosbeak

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  • Ingold, J. L. 1993. Blue Grosbeak (Guiraca caerulea). In The Birds of North America, No. 79 (A. Poole and F. Gill, Eds.). Philadelphia: The Academy of Natural Sciences; Washington, D.C.: The American Ornithologists’ Union.

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  • Klicka JT. Ph.D. (1999). A molecular perspective on the evolution of North American songbirds. University of Minnesota, United States -- Minnesota.
  • Moorman CE. Ph.D. (1999). Relationships between artificially created gaps and breeding birds in a southeastern bottomland forest. Clemson University, United States -- South Carolina.

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  • Adolphson DG. (1969). Blue Grosbeak at Lost Creek Tripp County. South Dakota Bird Notes. vol 21, no 4.
  • Alsop FJ, III. (1979). Mantids Tenodera-Aridisolia Selected as Prey by Blue Grosbeaks Guiraca-Caerulea. Wilson Bulletin. vol 91, no 1. p. 131-132.
  • Ballentine B, Badyaev A & Hill GE. (2003). Changes in song complexity correspond to periods of female fertility in blue grosbeaks (Guiraca caerulea). Ethology. vol 109, no 1. p. 55-66.
  • Ballentine B & Hill GE. (2003). Female mate choice in relation to structural plumage coloration in Blue Grosbeaks. Condor. vol 105, no 3. p. 593-598.
  • Brauning DW, Brittingham MC, Gross DA, Leberman RC, Master TL & Mulvihill RS. (1994). Pennsylvania breeding birds of special concern: A listing rational and status update. Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science. vol 68, no 1. p. 3-28.
  • Brennan SP & Schnell GD. (2005). Relationship between bird abundances and landscape characteristics: The influence of scale. Environ Monit Assess. vol 105, no 1-3. p. 209-228.
  • Brown BT. (1994). Rates of brood parasitism by brown-headed cowbirds on Riparian Passerines in Arizona. Journal of Field Ornithology. vol 65, no 2. p. 160-168.
  • Carter JH, III & Wintyen MK. (1972). Blue Grosbeak and Painted Bunting at Southern-Pines North-Carolina in Winter. Chat. vol 36, no 2.
  • Conner RN & Dickson JG. (1997). Relationships between bird communities and forest age, structure, species composition and fragmentation in the West Gulf Coastal Plain. Texas Journal of Science. vol 49, no 3 SUPPL. p. 123-138.
  • Conner RN, Dickson JG, Williamson JH & Ortego B. (2004). Width of forest streamside zones and breeding bird abundance in eastern Texas. Southeastern Naturalist. vol 3, no 4. p. 669-682.
  • Cook AG. (1984). Birds of the Desert Region of Uintah County Utah USA. Great Basin Naturalist. vol 44, no 4. p. 584-620.
  • Eckert K. (1975). Possible Blue Grosbeak Nesting at Blue Mounds State Park. Loon. vol 47, no 1. p. 47-48.
  • Elliott PF. (1978). Cowbird Parasitism in the Kansas USA Tall Grass Prairie. Auk. vol 95, no 1. p. 161-167.
  • Eltzroth MS & Jarvis RL. (1976). Sight Record of a Blue Grosbeak in Oregon. Murrelet. vol 57, no 2. p. 44-46.
  • Estep LK, Mays H, Jr., Keyser AJ, Ballentine B & Hill GE. (2005). Effects of breeding density and plumage coloration on mate guarding and cuckoldry in blue grosbeaks (Passerina caerulea). Canadian Journal of Zoology. vol 83, no 9. p. 1143-1148.
  • Genung WG. (1976). Blue Grosbeak Breeds in the Florida Everglades. Florida Field Naturalist. vol 4, no 1. p. 5-7.
  • Gochfeld M, Gochfeld R, Kleinbaum M & Tudor G. (1974). Sight Record of a Blue Grosbeak Guiraca-Caerulea New-Record in Colombia. American Birds. vol 28, no 5.
  • Haas KH & Haas CA. (2001). Third breeding record of blue grosbeak in North Dakota. Prairie Naturalist. vol 33, no 1. p. 41-43.
  • Igl LD. (1996). A noteworthy record and the breeding distribution of the blue grosbeak in North Dakota. Prairie Naturalist. vol 27, no 4. p. 205-210.
  • Jensen J. (1971). Blue Grosbeak Nest in Wisconsin. Passenger Pigeon. vol 33, no 2.
  • Johnson JW & Johnson L. (1969). Blue Grosbeak at Huron. South Dakota Bird Notes. vol 22, no 3.
  • Kaufman K. (1989). Blue Grosbeak and Indigo Bunting. American Birds. vol 43, no 3. p. 385-388.
  • Keyser AJ & Hill GE. (1999). Condition-dependent variation in the blue-ultraviolet coloration of a structurally based plumage ornament. Proceedings of the Royal Society Biological Sciences Series B. vol 266, no 1421. p. 771-777.
  • Keyser AJ & Hill GE. (2000). Structurally based plumage coloration is an honest signal of quality in male blue grosbeaks. Behavioral Ecology. vol 11, no 2. p. 202-209.
  • Klicka J, Fry AJ, Zink RM & Thompson CW. (2001). A cytochrome-b perspective on Passerina bunting relationships. Auk. vol 118, no 3. p. 611-623.
  • Luwe WR. (1974). Blue Grosbeak in Blue Earth County. Loon. vol 46, no 3. p. 120-121.
  • Maly B. (1976). The Blue Grosbeak in Bucks County. Cassinia. vol 56, p. 25-26.
  • McNair DB, Massiah EB & Frost MD. (1999). New and rare species of Nearctic landbird migrants during autumn for Barbados and the Lesser Antilles. Caribbean Journal of Science. vol 35, no 1-2. p. 46-53.
  • Mjos AT. (2002). Re-examination of older records and changes to the Norwegian list. Ornis Norvegica. vol 25, no 2. p. 64-92.
  • Olson SL, Pregill GK & Hilgartner WB. (1990). Studies on Fossil and Extant Vertebrates from San Salvador Watling's Island Bahamas West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. vol 508, p. 1-15.
  • Post W. (1998). Blue grosbeak dustbathing. Florida Field Naturalist. vol 26, no 4.
  • Powell BF & Steidl RJ. (2002). Habitat selection by riparian songbirds breeding in southern Arizona. Journal of Wildlife Management. vol 66, no 4. p. 1096-1103.
  • Powers L. (1969). Sight Record of the Blue Grosbeak in Idaho. Murrelet. vol 50, no 2. p. 20-21.
  • Powers L. (1971). Blue Grosbeak in Idaho. Murrelet. vol 52, no 2.
  • Rich T & Trentlage B. (1981). 2nd Breeding Locale for the Blue Grosbeak Guiraca-Caerulea in Idaho USA. Murrelet. vol 62, no 3. p. 91-92.
  • Risch TS & Robinson TJ. (2006). First observation of cavity nesting by a female Blue Grosbeak. Wilson Journal of Ornithology. vol 118, no 1. p. 107-108.
  • Rosenberg KV, Ohmart RD & Anderson BW. (1982). Community Organization of Riparian Breeding Birds Response to an Annual Resource Peak. Auk. vol 99, no 2. p. 260-274.
  • Spicer GS. (1978). A New Species and Several New Host Records of Avian Nasal Mites Acarina Rhinonyssinae Turbinoptinae. Journal of Parasitology. vol 64, no 5. p. 891-894.
  • Stewart PA. (1968). Bird Migration through an Abandoned Farmstead Richmondena-Cardinalis Behavior Dendroica-Palmarum Guiraca-Caerulea Spizella-Passerina. Chat. vol 32, no 4.
  • Tamplin JW, Demasters JW, Remsen JV & Jr. (1993). Biochemical and morphometric relationships among some members of the Cardinalinae. Wilson Bulletin. vol 105, no 1. p. 93-113.
  • Whitehead MA, Schweitzer SH & Post W. (2000). Impact of brood parasitism on nest survival parameters and seasonal fecundity of six songbird species in southeastern old-field habitat. Condor. vol 102, no 4. p. 946-950.
  • Whitmore RC. (1977). Habitat Partitioning in a Community of Passerine Birds. Wilson Bulletin. vol 89, no 2. p. 253-265.


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