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The following is a list of grosbeak species, arranged in groups of closely related genera. These genera are more closely related to smaller-billed birds than to other grosbeaks. Exceptions are the three genera of "typical grosbeak finches", which form a group of closest living relatives and might thus be considered the "true" grosbeaks.
The rose-breasted grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus), colloquially called "cut-throat" due to its coloration, [2] [3] is a large, seed-eating grosbeak in the cardinal family (Cardinalidae). It is primarily a foliage gleaner. [ 4 ]
The pine grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator) is a large member of the true finch family, Fringillidae. It is the only species in the genus Pinicola . It is found in coniferous woods across Alaska , the western mountains of the United States , Canada , and in subarctic Fennoscandia and across the Palearctic to Siberia .
The evening and pine grosbeaks are finches, the same family as a goldfinch, whereas the rose-breasted grosbeak is in the cardinal family. The common name they share, “grosbeak,” was given long ...
Grosbeaks are a form taxon composed of unrelated but similar-looking songbirds. They eat mostly large seeds which they crack open with their huge bills, usually live ...
The blue grosbeak (Passerina caerulea), is a medium-sized North American passerine bird in the cardinal family Cardinalidae. It is mainly migratory, wintering in Central America and breeding in northern Mexico and the southern United States. The male is blue with two brown wing bars. The female is mainly brown with scattered blue feathers on ...
The evening grosbeak (Hesperiphona vespertina) is a passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae found in North America. The evening grosbeak is bulky, with a ...
The Amazonian grosbeak is the most widely distributed grosbeak in the Amazon Basin. [6] It is found from eastern Colombia south through eastern Ecuador and Peru to central Bolivia, from southern and eastern Venezuela east through the Guianas, and in all of Amazonian Brazil. In Venezuela it ranges in elevation from near sea level to 1,000 m ...