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Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Pheucticus ludovicianus

The Rose-breasted Grosbeak is a colorful bird with a bright pink chest and black wings. They love to sing beautiful songs and can often be seen in gardens and forests.

Lebensraum: Forests

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The Rose-breasted Grosbeak male has a striking black head and back, with a triangular rose-red patch on a white breast. Females and immatures are streaky brown with a strong supercilium, and both sexes show a flash of yellow under their wings in flight.

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Rose-breasted Grosbeak
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Females have a unique yellow flash under their wings when flying!

Males sing beautiful songs even while incubating eggs on the nest!

Their thick beak can crush cherry pits with surprising strength!

They fly thousands of kilometers between continents each year!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Seed Crushing Beak

Rose-breasted Grosbeaks have a powerful, conical beak that helps them crack open tough seeds and fruit pits with ease.

Fähigkeit

Toxic Snack Immunity

Rose-breasted Grosbeaks can eat Monarch butterflies, which are toxic to many birds, because of special adaptations.

Fähigkeit

Nocturnal Navigator

Rose-breasted Grosbeaks can migrate thousands of kilometers by flying mostly at night, using celestial cues to guide them.

Maße und Details

Länge
18-20 cm
Flügelspannweite
29-33 cm
Gewicht
0.035-0.049 kg
Lebenserwartung
3-10 Jahre
Top Speed
50 km/h
Gelegegröße
3-5
Brutzeit
11-14 Tage
Zugstrecke
4000 km

Ernährung und Fütterung

These birds enjoy a varied diet of insects, seeds, and fruits, helping control garden pests.

Hauptnahrung

  • Beetles
  • Caterpillars
  • Black Cherry seeds
  • Monarch Butterflies
  • Raspberries
  • Sunflower seeds

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

Eastern Tent Caterpillar

Malacosoma americanum

Feeds on these common forest pests.

eats

Black Cherry

Prunus serotina

Crushes and consumes seeds and pulp from its fruits.

eats

Monarch Butterfly

Danaus plexippus

One of few birds able to eat toxic Monarchs.

eaten by

Cooper's Hawk

Accipiter cooperii

A common avian predator of smaller songbirds.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Rose-breasted Blackbird

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Rose-breasted Grosbeak?

18-20 cm

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Rose-breasted Grosbeak?

29-33 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Rose-breasted Grosbeak?

0.035-0.049 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Rose-breasted Grosbeak?

3-10 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Rose-breasted Grosbeak?

50 km/h

Was frisst Rose-breasted Grosbeak?

These birds enjoy a varied diet of insects, seeds, and fruits, helping control garden pests.

Wo findet man Rose-breasted Grosbeak normalerweise?

Forests

Wie jagt Rose-breasted Grosbeak?

Foraging

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