Black-backed Grosbeak (Pheucticus aureoventris)

Other Names (World)
Black-backed Grosbeak, Yellow-rumped Grosbeak (uropygialis), Riobamba Grosbeak (crissalis), Yellow-throated Grosbeak (crissalis), Chapman's Grosbeak (terminalis)

Family
Cardinalidae (Cardinals)

Size
22 cm

First Described (Guide)
(d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest. From sea-level - 3,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela.

Vagrant to Chile.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (36)...)

Black-backed Grosbeak (Pheucticus aureoventris) [XC2179]
by Mateo Hernandez from Along road down to the R\u00edo Khatu; near Inquisivi, La Paz, Bolivia (song)

Black-backed Grosbeak (Pheucticus aureoventris) [XC19963]
by Niels Krabbe from Chuquisaca: Cerro Palmarcito, Bolivia (song)

Subspecies
May hybridize with Golden Grosbeak (Pheucticus chrysogaster) in Ecuador.

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

meridensis Riley, 1905 - Andes of south-western Venezuela (M�rida).
uropygialis Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1871 - Colombia in eastern Andes (Norte de Santander south to Cundinamarca).
crissalis Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1877 - Andes of south-western Colombia (Nari�o) south to central Ecuador.
terminalis Chapman, 1919 - Lower Andes of Peru (Amazonas and Cuzco).
aureoventris (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) - Southern Peru (Puno), southern and eastern Bolivia (La Paz south to Tarija) and north-western Argentina (Jujuy south to San Luis and C�rdoba); also, probably only in austral winter, west-central Brazil (western Mato Grosso) and northern Paraguay.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Black-backed Grosbeak (Pheucticus aureoventris) - 10 files

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