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A rose-breasted grosbeaks song is enchanting, likened by many to a robin’s but with operatic training. ... A colloquial name for the male rose-breasted grosbeak is the "cutthroat bird," but the ...
They used motion-picture film with synchronized sound to record a song sparrow, a house wren, and a rose-breasted grosbeak. This was the Beginning of Cornell Library of Natural Sounds. Graduate student Albert R. Brand and Cornell undergraduate M. Peter Keane developed recording equipment for use in the open field. In the next two years they had ...
The rose-breasted grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus), colloquially called "cut-throat" due to its coloration, [2] [3] is a large, seed-eating grosbeak in the cardinal family (Cardinalidae). It is primarily a foliage gleaner. [ 4 ]
The controversy stems from the uncertainty from authors whether the bird is an extinct species, a rare color-variant of the dickcissel, or a hybrid female dickcissel and male blue grosbeak. If the bird is indeed simply a dickcissel it lacks any of the known field characteristics seen in the species in all life stages and sexes.
Rose-breasted grosbeak. Male Female Pheucticus ludovicianus (Linnaeus, 1766) east of the Rocky Mountains, to winter from central-southern Mexico through Central America and the Caribbean to Peru and Venezuela. Size: Habitat: Diet: LC Black-headed grosbeak. Male Female Pheucticus melanocephalus (Swainson, 1827)
Black-headed grosbeak, Pheucticus melanocephalus (A) Blue grosbeak, Passerina caerulea; Dickcissel, Spiza americana; Hepatic tanager, Piranga flava (A) Indigo bunting, Passerina cyanea; Lazuli bunting, Passerina amoena (A) Northern cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis; Painted bunting, Passerina ciris; Rose-breasted grosbeak, Pheucticus ludovicianus
Black-thighed grosbeak, P. tibialis, a restricted-range endemic found only in the highlands of Costa Rica and Panama; Black-backed grosbeak, P. aureoventris; Rose-breasted grosbeak, P. ludovicianus; Black-headed grosbeak, P. melanocephalus; Masked cardinal-grosbeaks. The red-and-black grosbeak, Periporphyrus erythromelas of northern South America
Rose-breasted grosbeak. Order: Passeriformes Family: Cardinalidae. The cardinals are a family of robust seed-eating passerines with strong bills. They typically live in open woodland. The sexes usually have distinct plumage. Eleven species have been recorded in South Carolina. Summer tanager, Piranga olivacea; Scarlet tanager, Piranga olivacea