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title: "Black-headed Grosbeak"
description: "Pheucticus melanocephalus — Uccelli. The black-headed grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus) is a medium-sized, seed-eating bird in the family Cardinalidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/black-headed-grosbeak
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Black-headed Grosbeak

> Pheucticus melanocephalus — Uccelli. The black-headed grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus) is a medium-sized, seed-eating bird in the family Cardinalidae.

- Scientific name: *Pheucticus melanocephalus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 36358
- Wikidata: [Q998547](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q998547)
- iNaturalist taxon: [10274](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/10274)

## Names

- en: Black-headed Grosbeak
- de: Schwarzkopfkernknacker
- es: Picogordo tigrillo
- fr: Cardinal à tête noire
- pt: Bicudo-de-cabeça-preta
- pl: Łuszcz czarnogłowy

## Countries with the most observations

US (25609), MX (6278), CA (2299)

## Summary

The black-headed grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus) is a medium-sized, seed-eating bird in the family Cardinalidae. It is sometimes considered conspecific with the rose-breasted grosbeak (P. ludovicianus) with which it hybridizes on the American Great Plains.
The 19 cm (7.5 in) long, 47 g (1.7 oz) black-headed grosbeak is a migratory bird, with nesting grounds from southwestern British Columbia, through the western half of the United States, into central Mexico. It occurs as a vagrant further south in Central America.

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

## Photo

![Black-headed Grosbeak](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-headed-grosbeak/medium.jpg)

Photo: Steven Smethurst · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/82122551

## Machine access

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