Cardinals (Cardinalidae)
Yellow Grosbeak (Pheucticus chrysopeplus) - HBW 16, p. 405
French: Cardinal jaune
German: Gelbkopf-Kernknacker
Spanish: Picogrueso Amarillo
Other common names: Mexican Yellow Grosbeak
Taxonomy: Coccothraustes chrysopeplus Vigors, 1832, San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico.
Has been treated as conspecific with P. tibialis and P. chrysogaster. Has hybridized with P. melanocephalus in captivity. Proposed race rarissimus (described from Chietla, in Puebla) subsumed in nominate. Three subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- dilutus van Rossem, 1934 - breeds NW Mexico (C Sonora, SW Chihuahua, N Sinaloa); wintering areas not known.
- chrysopeplus (Vigors, 1832) - W Mexico (C Sinaloa and W Durango S on Pacific slope to N Guerrero and SW Puebla).
- aurantiacus Salvin & Godman, 1891 - S Mexico (highlands of S Chiapas) and adjacent Guatemala.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male on a branch singing and then flying away. Locality El Triunfo Camp, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp aurantiacus)
Josep del Hoyo 29 March 2009 2 years ago 43 sec 4.5 -
An adult female in a tree Locality Alamos, Sonora State, Mexico (Northern) (ssp dilutus)
Don DesJardin 30 April 2003 4 years ago 17 sec 3.6 -
A female preening. Locality ZooMAT, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp aurantiacus)
Josep del Hoyo 27 March 2009 1 year ago 39 sec 2.7
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A male on a branch.
Locality El Triunfo Camp, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp aurantiacus)
Josep del Hoyo 29 March 2009 2 years ago 3.5 -
Adult male perched.
Locality Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela
philgunson 24 May 2009 2 years ago 3 -
A close-up of a female.
Locality ZooMAT, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp aurantiacus)
Josep del Hoyo 27 March 2009 1 year ago 2.5
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A bird singing.
Locality Sumidero Canyon, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern)
(ssp aurantiacus)
Josep del Hoyo 8 April 2009 2 years ago 4.5
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