The handsome black-headed grosbeak is the western counterpart to the East’s rose-breasted grosbeak, and the 2 even occasionally hybridize where they come into contact in the western Great Plains ...

Males in most plumages unmistakable. Plumage of females and first-fall males is very similar to plumage of female black-headed grosbeak. Voice Call: a sharp eek, squeakier than the black-headed’s.

Nope. This was a black-headed grosbeak. What do birders key into when trying to identify a particular bird? In the field, the kind of habitat is an early clue to what birds to expect.

Black-headed grosbeak has been recorded in North Carolina about 12 times previously, almost always at fall and winter feeders.

The red and dark pine grosbeak and the black-headed grosbeak have been very rare visitors to our state. They arrive from the west. Both the rose-breasted and blue grosbeaks are here for the summer.

In central Mexico, where monarch butterflies and black-headed grosbeaks both spend the winter, the grosbeaks are one of the butterflies' few predators.

Grosbeaks are most easily identified by the males. Black-headed are black and orange, evening grosbeak are yellow, black and white in color, and rose-breasted are striking black, white and red ...

The only true “grosbeak” that is commonly seen in Teller County is a summer visitor and breeder, the black-headed grosbeak.

Black-headed grosbeak has been recorded in North Carolina about 12 times previously, almost always at fall and winter feeders.