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title: "Evening Grosbeak"
description: "Hesperiphona vespertina — Birds. The evening grosbeak (Hesperiphona vespertina) is a passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae found in North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/evening-grosbeak
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Evening Grosbeak

> Hesperiphona vespertina — Birds. The evening grosbeak (Hesperiphona vespertina) is a passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae found in North America.

- Scientific name: *Hesperiphona vespertina*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `mountains` (Mountains)
- iNaturalist observations: 18092
- Wikidata: [Q25167830](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25167830)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1650411](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1650411)

## Names

- en: Evening Grosbeak
- de: Abendkernbeißer
- es: Picogrueso norteño
- fr: Gros-bec errant
- it: Hesperiphona vespertinus
- nl: Hesperiphona vespertinus
- pt: Bico-grossudo-americano
- pl: Grubodziób białoskrzydły

## Countries with the most observations

US (8514), CA (8052), MX (25)

## Summary

The evening grosbeak (Hesperiphona vespertina) is a passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae found in North America.
The evening grosbeak is bulky, with a large bill and short tail. The bird has a distinct appearance, with the adult male featuring a bright yellow forehead and body, brown head, and white wing patches, while the adult female has a mainly olive-brown body with greyer underparts and white wing patches.
The evening grosbeak breeds in coniferous and mixed forests across Canada, the western mountainous areas of the United States, and Mexico. Its migration pattern is variable, sometimes reaching as…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evening_grosbeak

## Photo

![Evening Grosbeak](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/evening-grosbeak/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/86252474

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/evening-grosbeak?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).