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Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Picogrueso Pechirrosado
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Immature Male - Photo: B. Hallett
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A black-and-white finch with a red breast and a large bill. Immature birds (see photo) are less dramatically marked than adult males, but are more likely to wander off course in migration. Length: 18-22 cm.; weight: 39-49 g. Audio (M. Oberle). On its breeding grounds, the male does little of the incubation, but unlike most bird species, it sometimes sings from the nest. A rare migrant in coastal areas, swamps, and dry or wet forests in Puerto Rico (e.g. Barrio Cialitos, Ciales, 20 November 1998; a male and a female at Maricao State Forest, 4 March 2001; Camuy, 15 February 2004). TAXONOMY: PASSERIFORMES; CARDINALIDAE |
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Adult male -
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Adult male - Photo: G. Beaton
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Female - Photo: J. Wilson
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Immature - Photo: G. Beaton*
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References Arendt, W.J. 1992. Status of North American migrant landbirds in the Caribbean region: a summary. Pp. 143-171 in Ecology and conservation of neotropical migrant landbirds (J.M. Hagan III and D.W. Johnston, eds.) Smithsonian Instit. Press, Washington, D.C. Bent, A.C. 1968. Life histories of North American cardinals, grosbeaks, buntings, towhees, finches, sparrows and allies, part 1. Smithsonian Instit. U.S. National Museum Bull. 237. (Reprinted by Dover Press, NY, 1968). Ehrlich, P.R., D.S. Dobkin, and D. Wheye. 1988. The birderÆs handbook: a field guide to the natural history of North American birds. Simon and Schuster/Fireside, NY. Raffaele, H.A. 1989. A guide to the birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Princeton. Raffaele, H.A. 1989. Una guía a las aves de Puerto Rico y las Islas Vírgenes. Publishing Resources, Inc., Santurce, PR. Raffaele, H.A., J.W. Wiley, O.H. Garrido, A.R. Keith, and J.I. Raffaele. 1998. Guide to the birds of the West Indies. Princeton. Wyatt, V. E., and C. M. Francis. 2002. Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus). In The Birds of North America, No. 692 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Spanish text Next related species in taxonomic order Previous related species in taxonomic order |