Coccothraustes vespertinus

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
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• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Usually seen in flocks around feeders and trees or shrubs with berries .

Vegetation: tropical lowland evergreen forest, pine forests • Minimum Elevation: 1,500 meters • Maximum Elevation: 3,500 meters • Foraging Strata: Canopy • Center of Abundance: Upper montaine: mountains, upper range, above 3,600 m. • Sensitivity to Disturbance: Medium

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,793 meters (0 to 12,444 feet).[1]

Ecology: List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.4     Forest - Temperate   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.4     Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens   
  
•     14.5     Artificial/Terrestrial - Urban Areas   
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Biology

Diet

Primarily: Seeds Fruit. Lesser Quantities of: Insects.

Reproduction

• Breeding Habitat : Woodland
• Nest Location: Mid-story/canopy nesting
• Nest Type: Open-cup
• Clutch Size: 2-5
• Length of Incubation : 11-14 days
• Days to Fledge : 13-14
• Number of Broods: 2?

Migration

Some migrate

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Coccothraustes vespertina • Hesperiphona vespertina (Cooper • Hesperiphona vespertina brooksi Grinnell • Hesperiphona vespertina montana Ridgway • Hesperiphona vespertina vespertina (Cooper

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 11-Oct-2007

Similar Species

American Goldfinch

Members of the genus Coccothraustes

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 16 species and subspecies in this genus:

C. abeillei (Hooded Grosbeak) · C. abeillei abeillei (Hooded Grosbeak) · C. affinis (Collared Grosbeak) · C. carnipes (White-Winged Grosbeak) · C. carnipes carnipes (White-Winged Grosbeak) · C. coccothraustes (Hawfinches) · C. coccothraustes coccothraustes (Hawfinch) · C. icterioides (Black-And-Yellow Grosbeak) · C. melanozanthos (Spotted-Wing Grosbeak) · C. migratorius (Yellow-Billed Grosbeak) · C. migratorius migratorius (Yellow-Billed Grosbeak) · C. personata (Japanese Grosbeak) · C. personatus (Japanese Grosbeak) · C. vespertina (Evening Grosbeak) · C. vespertinus (Evening Grosbeak) · C. vespertinus vespertinus (Evening Grosbeak)

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Further Reading

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Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
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• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
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• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 12 providers.
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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:

• Avian Knowledge Network: eBird
• Avian Knowledge Network: Great Backyard Bird Count
• Avian Knowledge Network: Project FeederWatch
• Bird Studies Canada: Marsh Monitoring Program - Birds
• Bird Studies Canada: Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas 1981-1985
• Bird Studies Canada: Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas 2001-2005
• Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: North West Territories and Nunavut Bird Checklist, Canada
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds (Aves)
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: Royal British Columbia Museum
• Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Bird Collection
• EMAN Provider: PIROP (Shipboard Surveys)
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Ornithology Collection
• New Brunswick Museum: NBM birds
• Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History: Santa Barbara Musem of Natural History
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNAV/Coleccion Nacional de Aves
• University of Alaska Museum of the North: University of New Mexico Museum of Southwestern Biology Bird Collection
• University of Colorado Museum: Zoological specimens
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Bird specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 12218
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-179173
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2498402
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 179173
• IUCN ID: 201059
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABPBY09020
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 13660

Footnotes

1. Mean = 674.360 meters (2,212.467 feet), Standard Deviation = 857.020 based on 20,000 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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