Birds of Colombia

    PASSERIFORMES: Cardinalidae (Cardinals & Allies)  
Genus: Pheucticus (3 species, 6 worldwide)


Black-backed Grosbeak
Black-backed Grosbeak (Pheucticus aureoventris)
Yoga Limatambo Lodge, Peru  
   
Photograph by Bruno Conjeaud   © All Rights Reserved.

Found in the Andes outside of the forest.


Golden Grosbeak
Golden Grosbeak (Pheucticus chrysogaster chrysogaster) Male
Miami Zoo, Miami, Florida, USA  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Golden Grosbeak
Golden Grosbeak (Pheucticus chrysogaster chrysogaster) Female
Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Stephen G. Davis   © All Rights Reserved.

Front side view.
laubmanni race in northeast Colombia and north Venezuela has a streaked back.

Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) Male
La Romera, Itagui, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) Female
La Romera, Itagui, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Northern migrant. Larger than a warbler.
Additional photo.


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Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba