Black-headed Grosbeak
- Scientific name
- Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Family
- Cardinalidae
- Conservation status
- Least concern
- Habitat
- Woodland
- Wing shape
- Broad
- Tail shape
- Notched
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Why it matters
The Black-headed Grosbeak is recognized by its broad wings and distinctive notched tail, which facilitate its agile movement through the canopy of western North American forests. It is particularly valued by birders for its complex, melodic song and its unusual role as one of the few species capable of eating toxic monarch butterflies, a behavior that highlights its unique place in the local ecosystem.
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