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Rose-breasted Grosbeak
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Songbirds & other perching birds

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Pheucticus ludovicianus (Linnaeus, 1766)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishRose-breasted Grosbeak
DutchRoodborstkardinaal
SpanishPicogordo Degollado
Chinese玫胸白斑翅雀
Scientific namePheucticus ludovicianus (Linnaeus, 1766)

About this species

The rose-breasted grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus), colloquially called "cut-throat" due to its coloration, is a large, seed-eating grosbeak in the cardinal family (Cardinalidae). It is primarily a foliage gleaner. Males have black heads, wings, backs, and tails, and a bright rose colored patch on their white breast. Males and females exhibit marked sexual dimorphism.

Breeding habitat consists of cool-temperate open deciduous woods throughout much of eastern North America, with migration to tropical America in winter. Rose-breasted grosbeaks have an average maximum lifespan of 7.3 years in the wild, and up to 24 years in captivity. Death in the wild is generally due to collision with objects (buildings, cars, etc.) and predation, to eggs, nestlings and adults.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyCardinalidae
GenusPheucticus

In Suriname

1Records in Suriname
1iNaturalist observations
2023First record

Where it has been recorded

  • Paramaribo1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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