| Black-headed grosbeak | |
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| Male in California, United States | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cardinalidae |
| Genus: | Pheucticus |
| Species: | P. melanocephalus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pheucticus melanocephalus (Swainson, 1827)
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Breeding
Migration
Year-round
Nonbreeding
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The black-headed grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus) is a medium-sized, seed-eating bird in the family Cardinalidae. It is sometimes considered conspecific with the rose-breasted grosbeak (P. ludovicianus) with which it hybridizes on the American Great Plains.
The 19 cm (7.5 in) long, 47 g (1.7 oz) black-headed grosbeak is a migratory bird, with nesting grounds from southwestern British Columbia, through the western half of the United States, into central Mexico. It occurs as a vagrant further south in Central America.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Pheucticus melanocephalus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22723816A94835325. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22723816A94835325.en.