The Blue Grosbeak (Guiraca caerulea) is a small bird (6-3/4 inches) that is overall blue with brown wingbars. It is similar to the Indigo Bunting. The female is brown with buff colored wing bars. This sparrow-sized bird inhabits brushy locales and thickets along rivers.

It feeds on seeds and insects. The nest is a loose cup of plant material in a tree or bush. The female lays three to four pale blue eggs. It has a slow warbling song but the call is a "chink or klink."

This bird is found in the central and southern tier of the United States south into Mexico and Panama.

The little plush Blue Grosbeak is made by Wild Republic and is part of their Audubon Bird series.

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