#1353 · 🐦 birds

Blue Grosbeak

🇳🇱 Blauwe Bisschop ·Passerina caerulea

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The 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.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 34,158iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
34,158 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).