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title: "Pine Grosbeak"
description: "Pinicola enucleator — Uccelli. The pine grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator) is a large member of the true finch family, Fringillidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/pine-grosbeak
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pine Grosbeak

> Pinicola enucleator — Uccelli. The pine grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator) is a large member of the true finch family, Fringillidae.

- Scientific name: *Pinicola enucleator*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `mountains` (Montagne)
- iNaturalist observations: 15133
- Wikidata: [Q214571](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214571)
- iNaturalist taxon: [9771](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/9771)

## Names

- en: Pine Grosbeak
- de: Hakengimpel
- es: Camachuelo picogrueso
- fr: Durbec des sapins
- nl: Haakbek
- pt: Pintarroxo-de-bico-grosso
- pl: Łuskowiec zwyczajny

## Countries with the most observations

CA (5724), US (4601), RU (3544), FI (231), SE (37), NO (36), JP (22), CN (11), DK (11)

## Summary

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. The species is a frugivore, especially in winter, favoring small fruits, such as rowans (mountain-ashes in the New World). With fruit-crop abundance varying from year to year, pine grosbeak is one of many subarctic-resident bird species that exhibit irruptive behavior. In irruption years, individuals can move…

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Kim Selbee · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/70287123

## Machine access

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