Minnesota Seasons - Pine Grosbeak

Photo by Bill Reynolds

IUCN Red List

LC - Least Concern

NatureServe

N5 - Secure

SNRN - Unranked Nonbreeding

Minnesota

not listed


	Description
	The bill is large, stout, and conical with a hooked tip. The male has a rosy-red head, back, rump, and breast; and gray sides, flank, belly, and undertail coverts. The female has an olive-yellow head and rump; and a gray back, breast, sides flanks, and belly. Both sexes have black wings with two white wingbars; and a short, dark eye line that gives a squinting appearance. Juveniles and some females have russet instead of yellow coloration.

	Size
	8″ to 10″ in length 14½″ wingspan

	Voice


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	Habitat
	Breeding: Coniferous forests and forest edges Migration: Coniferous, deciduous, and mixed woodlands


	Biology
	Migration
	Mid-October to early April

	Nesting


	Food


	Distribution
	Occurrence
	Uncommon migrant and winter visitor in the north half of the state; accidental in the south

	Maps
	The Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union All Seasons Species Occurrence Map


	Taxonomy
	Class	Aves (birds)
	Order	Passeriformes (perching birds)
	Family	Fringillidae (true finches)
	Genus	Pinicola (Pine Grosbeaks)

	Subordinate Taxa
	Alaska Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator alascensis) * American Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator leucura) California Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator californica) Canadian Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator leucura) European Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator enucleator) Kadiak Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator flammula) Kamchatka Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator kamtschatkensis) Newfoundland Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator eschatosa) * Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator pacatus) ^† Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator sakhalinensis) Queen Charlotte Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator carlottae) Rocky Mountain Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator montana) ------------------------------------------------------ * Proposed subspecies ^† Sometimes included with leucra

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Bill Reynolds

We, here in NW Minnesota, are experiencing an irruption of Pine Grosbeaks this winter. Along with the Redpolls, these Grosbeaks are out numbering all other bird sightings at feeders in the area.
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	Male Pine Grosbeak LesleytheBirdNerd

	About Published on Jun 14, 2013 Pine Grosbeaks are tame birds that have a delightful sound, and the males with their purply red hue makes for an even more pleasant sight. It quickly grabbed my attention as it indulged on the dandelion seeds straight out of the puffer balls.

	Pine grosbeak - Haakbek Chris van Rijswijk

	About Published on Feb 13, 2016 Pine grosbeak in Finland - Haakbek in Finland More pictures at my website: http://www.birdshooting.nl/index.php/en/

	Pine grosbeak Jamuudsen

	About Published on Mar 18, 2012 Chomping through sunflower seeds at a feeder.

	Pine Grosbeak Feeder Cam Richard Sim

	About Published on Dec 15, 2015 Three and a half glorious minutes of Grosbeaks at the feeder.

	Pine Grosbeak (Female) photo hiker

	About Published on Mar 11, 2012 Pine Grosbeak (Female)

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Bill Reynolds 12/31/2017	Location: Pennington Co. MN We, here in NW Minnesota, are experiencing an irruption of Pine Grosbeaks this winter. Along with the Redpolls, these Grosbeaks are out numbering all other bird sightings at feeders in the area.




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