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The red-and-black-grosbeak is 20.5 cm (8.1 in) long; one male weighed 48 g (1.7 oz). Both sexes have a heavy black bill and their entire head including the throat is black. The male's nape, breast, and belly are bright red and its back is a deep red. The female's upper parts are dark greenish yellow and the underparts yellowish green. The immature male has a similar color scheme to the adult but it is duller. Both sexes of red-and-black grosbeak sing "an exceptionally sweet series of halting phrases" . Its call is a "sharp 'spink'" .
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When to see the Red-and-black Grosbeak
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Red-and-black Grosbeak
The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Red-and-black Grosbeak
The red-and-black grosbeak is a species of bird in the family Cardinalidae, the cardinals or cardinal grosbeaks. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.
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