Black-headed Grosbeak
Pheucticus melanocephalus · Cardinals and Allies
The Black-headed Grosbeak is a chunky songbird of western North America, known for its robust, conical bill. Males display striking black, white, and cinnamon plumage, while females are more subtly patterned in browns and buffs. Their rich, warbling song is a familiar sound in woodlands during the breeding season.
Explore the full field guidemigratory, medium-sized, melodwestern North America, chunky,eats insects, seeds, berriesmonogamous, shares nesting dut
2 calls·first heard Aug 5·last 30d ago
When it's heardpeak 6a · fall
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How to know it
- Black head, black and white wings, and a bright cinnamon-orange breast and nape. Belly often shades to lemon yellow.
- Brown back with dark streaking, brown wings with white bars, and a buffy to warm orange breast. Head is brown with a pale stripe above the eye.
- Resemble females, with brown backs and streaked underparts, but young males may show hints of adult male coloration.
- Both sexes have a large, thick, conical, grayish bill, darker on the upper half.