Blue Grosbeak
Passerina caerulea
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Cardinalidae
- Genus
- Passerina
- eBird Code
- blugrb1
Subspecies (7)
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Passerina caerulea caerulea
breeds southeastern USA; winters to Panama and Cuba
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Passerina caerulea chiapensis
southern Mexico (Chiapas and adjacent Oaxaca) to Guatemala
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Passerina caerulea deltarhyncha
coastal western Mexico (southern Sinaloa and Durango to Oaxaca)
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Passerina caerulea eurhyncha
eastern Mexico (Coahuila to Nuevo León, southern Tamaulipas, and Oaxaca)
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Passerina caerulea interfusa
breeds southwestern USA to northeastern Baja California and northwestern Mexico; winters to Honduras
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Passerina caerulea lazula
Honduras to Nicaragua and Costa Rica
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Passerina caerulea salicaria
breeds north-central California and western Nevada to northwestern Baja; winters to Guerrero
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.