black headed grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak Audubon Field Guide In foothills and riverside woods of the West this species is often very common as a nesting bird. Mass 40 to 50 grams. Male Black Headed Grosbeak Beautiful Birds Pretty Birds Backyard Birds But there is a lot of variability. . Adult males have black on head sometimes broken by a partial or complete eye-stripe of bright cinnamon. The under-wing linings are yellow and the outer tail feathers are white. And a patch of lemon yellow on the belly. Fairly common in a variety of woodlands including mountain forests thickets along. Nonbreeding males females and immatures typically have an orangey wash across breast with fine dark streaking on sides. Sexually dichromatic throughout the year. The bill is especially thick at the base. They are a member of the Cardinalidae Family of Allies and Cardinals which has forty-nine members placed in fourteen genera and one of six global species of the Pheucticus Genus....