Black-headed Grosbeak
Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 24,027
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The black-headed grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus) is a medium-sized, seed-eating bird in the family Cardinalidae. It is sometimes considered conspecific with the rose-breasted grosbeak (P. ludovicianus) with which it hybridizes on the American Great Plains. The 19 cm (7.5 in) long, 47 g (1.7 oz) black-headed grosbeak is a migratory bird, with nesting grounds from southwestern British Columbia, through the western half of the United States, into central Mexico. It occurs as a vagrant further south in Central America.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Black-headed grosbeak”.