Pine Grosbeak

How to identify

Field marks

1. Male has a rose-red head, back and rump
2. Black wings with white wing-bars
3. Black tail, long and forked
4. Bill large and conical

Male, female and young

Female has an olive-yellow head and rump, and gray back and underparts; juvenile has less contrast and looks scruffy during molt.

Voice

Vocalizations vary by region and include whistles rendered as “pui pui pui” or “chii-vli”; song is a short, melodious warble.

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: November · Most records: Canada, United States, Finland

Pine Grosbeak has been recorded at 254 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 14 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. RNF du Cap-TourmenteCanada2,010 records
2. Algonquin Provincial Park – Visitor CentreCanada1,595 records
3. Le nichoir des Fréchette!Canada1,072 records

Countries and regions with the most records

CanadaUnited StatesFinlandChinaNorwaySwedenSt. Pierre & MiquelonRussia

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The pine grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator) is a large member of the true finch family, Fringillidae. It is the only species in the genus Pinicola. It is found in coniferous woods across Alaska, the western mountains of the United States, Canada, and in subarctic Fennoscandia and across the Palearctic to Siberia.

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