Black-headed Grosbeak
Pheucticus melanocephalus
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Cardinalidae
- Genus
- Pheucticus
- eBird Code
- bkhgro
Subspecies (2)
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Pheucticus melanocephalus maculatus
breeds mountains of southwestern British Columbia to northern Baja California; winters southern Baja California and from southern Sonora southward to at least Jalisco and Michoacán (western Mexico)
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Pheucticus melanocephalus melanocephalus
breeds southeastern British Columbia to Rocky Mountains, Great Plains, and southern Mexican Plateau; winters in central Mexico
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.