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title: "Yellow Grosbeak"
description: "Pheucticus chrysopeplus — Vogels. The yellow grosbeak (Pheucticus chrysopeplus) is a bird in the family Cardinalidae, the cardinals, grosbeaks, and “tanager” allies."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/yellow-grosbeak
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Yellow Grosbeak

> Pheucticus chrysopeplus — Vogels. The  yellow grosbeak (Pheucticus chrysopeplus) is a bird in the family Cardinalidae, the cardinals, grosbeaks, and “tanager” allies.

- Scientific name: *Pheucticus chrysopeplus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1283
- Wikidata: [Q648197](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q648197)
- iNaturalist taxon: [10277](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/10277)

## Names

- en: Yellow Grosbeak
- de: Gelbkopfkernknacker
- es: Picogordo amarillo
- fr: Cardinal jaune
- pt: Bico-grossudo-amarelo
- pl: Łuszcz żółty

## Countries with the most observations

MX (1058), US (98), GT (15)

## Summary

The  yellow grosbeak (Pheucticus chrysopeplus) is a bird in the family Cardinalidae, the cardinals, grosbeaks, and “tanager” allies. It is found in Mexico and Guatemala. It also occurs as a vagrant in the United States.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Drew Baxter · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/252649082

## Machine access

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