Cardinals (Cardinalidae)
Black-backed Grosbeak (Pheucticus aureoventris) - HBW 16, p. 406
French: Cardinal à dos noir
German: Goldbauch-Kernknacker
Spanish: Picogrueso Dorsinegro
Other common names: Yellow-rumped Grosbeak (uropygialis); Riobamba/Yellow-throated Grosbeak (crissalis); Chapman’s Grosbeak (terminalis)
Taxonomy: Pitylus aureoventris d’Orbigny and Lafresnaye, 1837, Yungas, Sicasica, Bolivia.
May hybridize with P. chrysogaster in Ecuador. Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- meridensis Riley, 1905 - Andes of SW Venezuela (Mérida).
- uropygialis P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1871 - Colombia in E Andes (Norte de Santander S to Cundinamarca).
- crissalis P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1877 - Andes of SW Colombia (Nariño) S to C Ecuador.
- meridensis Riley, 1905 - Andes of SW Venezuela (Mérida).
- uropygialis P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1871 - Colombia in E Andes (Norte de Santander S to Cundinamarca).
- crissalis P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1877 - Andes of SW Colombia (Nariño) S to C Ecuador.
- terminalis Chapman, 1919 - lower Andes of Peru (Amazonas and Cuzco).
- aureoventris (d’Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) - S Peru (Puno), S & E Bolivia (La Paz S to Tarija) and NW Argentina (Jujuy S to San Luis and Córdoba); also, probably only in austral winter, WC Brazil (W Mato Grosso) and N Paraguay.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird on a branch, rubbing its bill and flying to another branch Locality Manu National Park, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp terminalis)
Stefan Behrens 2004 5 years ago 43 sec 3.6 -
A male drinking from a pond Locality Santa Cruz Zoo, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia (ssp aureoventris)
Josep del Hoyo 5 years ago 23 sec 3.5 -
A female in a tree and flying away Locality Santa Cruz Botanical Garden, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia (ssp aureoventris)
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 2005 5 years ago 33 sec 3.4 -
A male in a tree feeding on fruits Locality Pillahuata, Kosñipata Valley, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp terminalis)
Josep del Hoyo 31 July 2005 6 years ago 37 sec 3.4 -
Two males in a tree feeding on fruits Locality Pillahuata, Kosñipata Valley, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp terminalis)
Josep del Hoyo 31 July 2005 6 years ago 38 sec 3.3 -
A male perched on a branch Locality Santa Cruz Zoo, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia (ssp aureoventris)
Josep del Hoyo 5 years ago 31 sec 2.5
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Male - perched on a hydro power line.
Locality Chicaque Natural Park, San Antonio del Tequendama, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
Blair Wainman 29 June 2009 2 years ago 3.4 -
Bird came to feed
Locality Sierra Santa Bárbara, Jujuy Province, Argentina (ssp aureoventis)
dreyernp 11 November 2008 1 year ago 3 -
Feeding
Locality Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
oleicfrisbee 35 weeks ago 2.8 -
Adult female, seen from behind, sitting on a branch.
Locality Santa Cruz Botanical Garden, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia
Pia Öberg 23 August 2009 23 weeks ago 2.6 -
En un arboloco.
Locality Tabio, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
Ambiró 1 March 2009 2 years ago 1.3
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song, singing Locality Sierra Santa Bárbara, Jujuy Province, Argentina
dreyernp 11 November 2008 1 year ago 4
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