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Passeriformes / Cardinalidae / Pheucticus

Black-headed Grosbeak

Pheucticus melanocephalus

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (bkhgro) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cardinalidae
Genus: Pheucticus

Subspecies (2)

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)
Pheucticus melanocephalus melanocephalus

breeds southeastern British Columbia to Rocky Mountains, Great Plains, and southern Mexican Plateau; winters in central Mexico

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (bkhgro) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.