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Pheucticus ludovicianus
The Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) is a large insect-eating songbird in the cardinal family (Cardinalidae). It is primarily a foliage gleaner.It breeds in cool-temperate North America, migrating to tropical America in winter.
The Rose-breasted Grosbeak's breeding habitat is open deciduous woods across most of Canada and the northeastern USA. In particular the northern birds migrate south through the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, to winter from central-southern Mexico through Central America and the Caribbean to Peru and Venezuela.
This bird is a rare vagrant to California
Spotted on May 15, 2013
Submitted on Jun 19, 2013
5 Comments
i love grosbeaks! thanks for sharing, donna!
Haha, definetly!
thank you Phillip. I'm glad we have a nicer name for them in English.
In Spanish they are called "decapitated"
Amazing! I once dreamed with this little birds! :D