Pine Grosbeak
Pine Grosbeak
Adult male
- Large finch with thick but rounded bill, notched tail
- Two white wingbars and white wing-edging
- Males' head, back, body, and rump are rosy red
- Bill and eye are black
- © Tammie Hache/PFW, Manitouwadge, Ontario, Canada, January 2009
Pine Grosbeak
Female or immature male
- Large finch with thick but rounded bill, notched tail
- Two white wingbars and white wing-edging
- Female is gray with yellow-green head and rump
- Immature male looks like female throughout first year of life
- © Janet Bowden/PFW, ME, Palmyra, January 2006
Similar Species
Female (left), male (right)
- Smaller than Pine Grosbeak, with pale bill
- Males are redder, with strongly streaked flanks
- Females are much streakier than female Pine Grosbeaks
- © Richard Lee, September 2008
Male (left), female (right)
- Smaller than Pine Grosbeak, with pale bill
- Less white in wings than Pine Grosbeak
- Strong pattern of brown stripes on face
- Female is browner and much streakier than female Pine Grosbeak
- © Zen Birdfeeder, NY, September 2007