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 LC    Yellow Grosbeak* Id (Atlas):
    Pheucticus chrysopeplus

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Yellow Grosbeak, Mexican Yellow Grosbeak

Family
Cardinalidae (Cardinals)

Size
24 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vigors, 1832)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest, subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 2,800 m.

Range (Guide)
Guatemala, Mexico, USA.

Population
Estimated population is 50,000 - 499,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (39)...)

 
Yellow Grosbeak (Pheucticus chrysopeplus) [XC646495]
     by Manuel Grosselet from Cabo Corrientes, Jalisco, Mexico (song)

 
Yellow Grosbeak (Pheucticus chrysopeplus) [XC445814]
     by Richard E. Webster from Minas Nuevas, \u00c1lamos, Sonora, Mexico (song)

Subspecies
Has been treated as conspecific with Black-thighed Grosbeak (Pheucticus tibialis) and Golden Grosbeak (Pheucticus chrysogaster). Has hybridized with Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus) in captivity.

Proposed subspecies rarissimus (described from Chietla, in Puebla) subsumed in nominate.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

  • dilutus van Rossem, 1934   -  Breeds north-western Mexico (central Sonora, south-western Chihuahua, northern Sinaloa). Wintering areas not known.
  • chrysopeplus (Vigors, 1832)   -  Western Mexico (central Sinaloa and western Durango southern on Pacific slope to northern Guerrero and south-western Puebla).
  • aurantiacus Salvin & Godman, 1891   -  Southern Mexico (highlands of southern Chiapas) and adjacent Guatemala.



References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Yellow Grosbeak (Pheucticus chrysopeplus) - 10 files


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