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The grosbeaks are an interesting group of birds. Here in New England, you are most likely to see rose-breasted grosbeaks, but we also have pine grosbeaks, and evening grosbeaks (blue and black ...
The female of this species looks similar to the female of the rose-breasted grosbeak and is best separated on geographical range. Measurements: [2] Length: 7.1–7.5 in (18–19 cm) Weight: 1.2–1.7 oz (34–48 g) Wingspan: 12.6 inches (32 cm) The black-headed grosbeak is similar in size to a common starling. As per its name, the male has a ...
Typical calls are a metallic iehk or plihk [3] (Howell and Webb) or piik [2] resembling other Pheucticus grosbeaks' calls, and a soft whoi or hu-oi (Howell and Webb 1995) or hoee (Sibley 2000) often given in flight. The song is a variable, rich-toned warble resembling that of the black-headed grosbeak, but shorter.
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.
Rose-breasted grosbeaks were the only one of 70 migratory songbird species in the eastern United States shown in males to have produced sperm while still far south of their breeding location. [24] Male grosbeaks tend to arrive a few days to a week before the females and pair formation apparently occurs on the breeding grounds. [25]
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 .
Cardinalidae (sometimes referred to as the "cardinal-grosbeaks" or simply the "cardinals") is a family of New World-endemic passerine birds that consists of cardinals, grosbeaks, and buntings. It also includes several other genera such as the tanager-like Piranga and the warbler-like Granatellus .
The IOC checklist and the Handbook of the Birds of the World place the evening grosbeak and the closely related hooded grosbeak in the genus Hesperiphona. [4] [5] However, the Clements Checklist and the AOS checklist place the evening and hooded grosbeaks in the genus Coccothraustes with the hawfinch. [6] [7]