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Evening Grosbeak

Hesperiphona vespertina

The Evening Grosbeak is a colorful bird with bright yellow and black feathers. They love to eat seeds and can often be seen in trees, making cheerful sounds with their friends.

Lebensraum: Forests

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The Evening Grosbeak has a large, pale, cone-shaped beak and a short tail. Males are strikingly bright yellow with a dark head, black wings marked with large white patches. Females are duller, mostly grayish-yellow, but share the distinctive bill shape.

ReichAnimaliaStammChordataKlasseAvesOrdnungPasseriformesFamilieFringillidaeGattungHesperiphona
Evening Grosbeak
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Evening Grosbeak

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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Interessante Fakten

Sometimes, thousands of grosbeaks will suddenly appear in a new area to find food!

Their enormous beak can snap a cherry pit in half, just like a nutcracker!

These birds sing mostly during dawn and dusk, which is how they got their 'evening' name!

They love to eat spruce budworms and can help control outbreaks in forests.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Super Seed Cracker

Evening Grosbeaks have a powerful, cone-shaped beak that helps them crush tough seeds like cherry pits.

Fähigkeit

Forest Nomad

Evening Grosbeaks can travel far and wide to find food because they follow tree seed crops across North America.

Fähigkeit

Social Spotter

Evening Grosbeaks can quickly find food sources because they often fly and feed in large, noisy flocks.

Maße und Details

Länge
18-22 cm
Flügelspannweite
30-36 cm
Gewicht
0.055-0.07 kg
Lebenserwartung
5-7 Jahre
Top Speed
50 km/h
Gelegegröße
2-6
Brutzeit
11-14 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

They primarily feast on tree seeds and fruits, but also enjoy munching on insects in summer!

Hauptnahrung

  • Box Elder seeds
  • Sunflower seeds
  • Maple seeds
  • Spruce Budworm
  • Conifer seeds

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Cooper's Hawk

Accipiter cooperii

A common predator of small birds, including grosbeaks.

eaten by

Great Horned Owl

Bubo virginianus

Hunts grosbeaks, especially at night when they roost.

eats

Box Elder

Acer negundo

Its seeds are a favorite food, cracked by their strong beaks.

eats

Spruce Budworm

Choristoneura fumiferana

Grosbeaks consume large quantities during outbreaks.

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Sammlungen

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Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Enjoy watching birds from a distance, and don't try to touch or catch them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Evening Grosbeak?

18-22 cm

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Evening Grosbeak?

30-36 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Evening Grosbeak?

0.055-0.07 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Evening Grosbeak?

5-7 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Evening Grosbeak?

50 km/h

Was frisst Evening Grosbeak?

They primarily feast on tree seeds and fruits, but also enjoy munching on insects in summer!

Wo findet man Evening Grosbeak normalerweise?

Forests

Wie jagt Evening Grosbeak?

Foraging

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