Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus)

Black-Headed Grosbeak (Male), Santa Rita Lodge, Madera Canyon, Near Green Valley, Arizona
Photograph by Alan And Elaine Wilson. Some rights reserved. (view image details)

Black-headed Grosbeak | Pheucticus melanocephalus photo

Black-Headed Grosbeak (Female), The Drip At Madera Canyon, Near Green Valley, Arizona
Photograph by Alan And Elaine Wilson. Some rights reserved. (view image details)

BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK FACTS

Classification

Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Cardinalidae
Genus:	Pheucticus
Species:	melanocephalus
Common Name:	Black-headed Grosbeak

Relatives in same Genus
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (P. ludovicianus)

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