Hooded Grosbeak
Hesperiphona abeillei
Handsome, chunky finch of humid evergreen and pine-evergreen forest in foothills and highlands. Usually in pairs or small groups, feeding on fruit in canopy or seen in flight high overhead, when best detected and identified by call. Note the stout, pale greenish-yellow bill and contrasting black wings with a big white to pale gray panel. Male has black hood and yellow body. Female has black cap and dingy pale underparts.
Identification
The hooded grosbeak or Albiellé's grosbeak (Hesperiphona abeillei) is a passerine bird in the family Fringillidae, the finches and euphonias. It is found in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Mexico.
Taxonomy
Genus: Hesperiphona; Family: Fringillidae; Order: Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Hesperiphona abeillei
- Authority
- (Lesson, RP, 1839)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Fringillidae
- Genus
- Hesperiphona
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Resident species
Behavior
Migration pattern: Resident species.
Conservation
Population trend: declining.
- Population trend
- declining
Photos
Distribution
Bird Calls
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