Large and plump, heavy-chested finch with a round head. Its conical finchlike bill is thick and stubby. Adult males are rosy red and gray with 2 white wingbars on dark gray wings.
Immature males are grayish with tints of reddish orange or yellow on the head, chest, and rump.
Plump, heavy-chested finch with a thick, stubby bill. Adult females have golden yellow heads and chests with a gray lower belly and dark gray wings with 2 white wingbars.
Plumage coloration varies regionally, but not consistently. Immature males on the coast tend to be darker red on the head and chest.
Plumage varies regionally, but not always consistently. Some adult males in the interior have more grayish mottling on their backs with grayer flanks.
The amount of yellow on the head, chest, and rump on females is variable. This female has limited yellow on the head and no yellow on the chest. Note stocky size and thick stubby bill.
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The Pine Grosbeak is a large and plump, heavy-chested finch with a round head. Its bill is thick and conical, but much stubbier than in other finch species. The tail is long and slightly notched.
Larger than a Cassin's Finch, smaller than a Steller's Jay.
robin-sizedPlumage coloration varies across the range of Pine Grosbeaks, but these differences are not consistent. Male Pine Grosbeaks in California are often more orangeish and females more yellowish. Birds in the interior West tend to have less red.
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies(Order: Passeriformes, Family: Fringillidae)
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