Evening Grosbeak (Hesperiphona vespertina) | Photos, Calls and ID

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What the Evening Grosbeak sounds like

Sonogram of the Evening Grosbeak: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Doug Hynes · Call, flight call, song · Terra View Dr., Glovertown, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Jonathon Jongsma · Call · Bear Head Lake State Park, St. Louis, Minnesota, United States · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The evening grosbeak is similar in appearance to the Eurasian hawfinch, both being bulky, heavily built finches with large bills and short tails. The evening grosbeak ranges in length from 16 to 22 cm (6.3 to 8.7 in) and spans 30 to 36 cm (12 to 14 in) across the wings. In a large sampling of grosbeaks in Pennsylvania during winter, males weighed from 38.7 to 86.1 g (1.37 to 3.04 oz), with an average of 60 g (2.1 oz), while females weighed from 43.2 to 73.5 g (1.52 to 2.59 oz), with an average of 58.7 g (2.07 oz). Among standard measurements, the wing chord is 10.45 to 11.6 cm (4.11 to 4.

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When to see the Evening Grosbeak

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Evening Grosbeak

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 5 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Canada United States Mexico St. Pierre & Miquelon Bermuda

Recorded as a rare visitor in Norway.

About the Evening Grosbeak

The evening grosbeak is a passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae found in North America.

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Easily confused with

Hooded GrosbeakHesperiphona abeilleiThe hooded grosbeak is a large, stocky bird with a very thick bill.

Side by side: Evening Grosbeak vs Hawfinch · Evening Grosbeak vs Hooded Grosbeak

Watch the Evening Grosbeak on live cams

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