Scientific name: Pheucticus Melanocephalus ・Length: 7.1 - 7.5 inches ・Weight: 1.2 - 1.7 ounces ・Wingspan: 12.3 - 12.6 inches ...

Curiously, despite their similar beaks, these grosbeak bird species aren’t all related. Pine grosbeaks are fancy finches, while the evening, rose-breasted, black-headed and blue grosbeaks are ...

and a tawnier supercilium than the interior birds). Length 8.3". Adult male: plumage is striking: a cinnamon-colored body including collar, with entirely black head, mostly black back with ...

At first they all look like pretty blue birds with black marks. But look closer, and the different species have slightly different shades of blue. To find the origins of avian blue, Prum and his ...

The bill is thin and pale gray. Breeding male: blue-gray above, including most of head and back. Crown has a black line at the forecrown that extends along the sides of crown; white eye ring ...