Golden Grosbeak (Pheucticus chrysogaster) | Photos, Calls and ID

LCLeast ConcernOmnivore

ForestCup nestSmall · 56 g

Golden Grosbeak (Pheucticus chrysogaster), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Esteban Poveda, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Golden Grosbeak (Pheucticus chrysogaster), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Golden Grosbeak sounds like

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

Recorded by Rosa Elena Albornoz @rosaelena_naturaleza · Song · San Antonio De Los Altos (near Parroquia Macarao), Los Salias, Miranda, Venezuela · CC0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Azuay: upper Yunguilla Valley, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Begging call · Pichincha: La Buena Esperanza, Tumbaco, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The body averages 21 cm (8.3 in) in length. The bill is large and conical in shape, typical of most species in the family. The golden grosbeak is sexually dimorphic in plumage. Males are bright yellow with a black wing and back. They have white spots on their median and greater wing-coverts that wear over time, and older birds appear darker. The females have brown wings and brown streaks covering the head, flanks, back and rump. The immature of this species look similar to the female in plumage and is often not distinguishable in the field.

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When to see the Golden Grosbeak

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

Where to see the Golden Grosbeak

Regular range

The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Ecuador Peru Colombia Venezuela

About the Golden Grosbeak

The golden grosbeak, also known as golden-bellied grosbeak or southern yellow grosbeak, is a species of grosbeak in the family Cardinalidae. It is similar to, and has sometimes been considered conspecific with, the yellow grosbeak.

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Easily confused with

Black-backed GrosbeakPheucticus aureoventrisThe black-backed grosbeak is approximately 22 cm (8.7 in) long and weighs 43.8 to 66.2 grams (1.54 to 2.34 oz).

Yellow GrosbeakPheucticus chrysopeplusThe yellow grosbeak, also known as the Mexican yellow grosbeak, is a medium-sized seed-eating bird in the same family as the northern cardinal, "tropical" or "New World" buntings, and "cardinal-grosbeaks" or New World grosbeaks.

Black-thighed GrosbeakPheucticus tibialisThe black-thighed grosbeak is a large seed-eating bird in the family Cardinalidae, which is endemic to the mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama.

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