Black-headed Grosbeak

The Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus) is a handsome, melodious songbird celebrated across western North America for its rich, liquid robin-like song and its monumental, cone-shaped bone-crushing bill. Breeding males display a striking palette of rich...

Western Tanager

The Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) is an incandescent, tropical-colored songbird that brings a burst of rainforest brilliance to the high conifer forests of the American West. Adult breeding males are unforgettable: sporting a glowing flame-orange to...

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

The Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) is an aristocratic, handsome songbird native to the deciduous forests of eastern North America. Affectionately nicknamed the ‘robin that went to opera school’ for its rich, liquid, melodious song, the...

Indigo Bunting

The Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) is a radiant, vibrant songbird renowned across eastern North America for the male’s incandescent, all-blue plumage. Often described as a ‘piece of the sky come down to earth,’ this spirited little cardinal...

Painted Bunting

The Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris), historically admired by French naturalists as ‘nonpareil’ (meaning ‘without equal’), is widely celebrated as the most breathtakingly multicolored songbird in North America. Flaunting an astonishing visual...
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