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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.

Hábitat: Forests

Aspecto

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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Datos interesantes

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!

Habilidades especiales

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

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

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

Medidas y detalles

Longitud: 18-20 cm
Envergadura: 29-33 cm
Peso: 0.035-0.049 kg
Esperanza de vida: 3-10 años
Top Speed: 50 km/h
Tamaño de la puesta: 3-5
Incubación: 11-14 días
Distancia de migración: 4000 km

Dieta y alimentación

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

Alimentos principales

Beetles
Caterpillars
Black Cherry seeds
Monarch Butterflies
Raspberries
Sunflower seeds

Método de búsqueda

Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

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.

Rasgos

Con plumas

Describe a los animales, principalmente aves, que poseen una cubierta de plumas.

Social

Los animales sociales viven en grupos organizados, cooperando para obtener beneficios de supervivencia como la búsqueda de alimento, la defensa y la cría de descendencia.

Canto

Los animales cantores producen vocalizaciones complejas, a menudo con el propósito de atraer parejas, defender el territorio o comunicarse dentro de su especie.