Finches (Fringillidae)
Hooded Grosbeak (Hesperiphona abeillei) - HBW 15, p. 616
French: Gros-bec à capuchon
German: Kapuzenkernbeißer
Spanish: Picogordo Encapuchado
Other common names: Abeille's Grosbeak
Taxonomy: Guiraca abeillei Lesson, 1839, Mexico.
Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- pallida Nelson, 1928 - NW Mexico (S Chihuahua, Sinaloa and Durango).
- saturata Sutton & Burleigh, 1939 - NE Mexico (E San Luis Potosí and SW Tamaulipas).
- abeillei (Lesson, 1839) - C & S Mexico (Guerrero, and Michoacán E to Veracruz and N Oaxaca).
- cobanensis Nelson, 1928 - S Mexico (SE Chiapas) E to SW Guatemala.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Hooded Grosbeak, female and male, drinking water from fountain in our yard.
Locality Patzcuaro, Michoacan State, Mexico (Southern)
Alfredo Martinez Perez 2 April 2009 15 weeks ago 2.4 -
an adult male feeding
Locality Xalapa, Veracruz State, Mexico (Southern)
albert 10 March 2010 2 years ago 2 -
a male/female pair feeding on sweet gum balls
Locality Tlanchinol, Hidalgo State, Mexico (Northern)
Michael Retter 1 December 2008 2 years ago 2
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Male singing from high in a pine tree mid afternoon. Locality Union Juarez, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern)
Sam Woods 11 March 2009 2 years ago 4
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