#0981 · 🐦 birds
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
🇳🇱 Roodborstkardinaal ·Pheucticus ludovicianus
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- 1. © Norma Maurice · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 2. © Cephas · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. © Blake Matheson · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Craig K. Hunt · CC BY-NC 4.0
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- 6. © John Murnane · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © Daniel Onea · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © Mel Sovay · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Mario Urrutia · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 10. © Kent Ross · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The rose-breasted grosbeak ( Pheucticus ludovicianus ) is a large, seed-eating grosbeak in the cardinal family (Cardinalidae). It is primarily a foliage gleaner. It breeds in cool-temperate North America, migrating to tropical America in winter.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 1 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 57,279 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Weighs only about 44 g.
- Scientifically named in 1766 (260 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Nederlands
- Roodborstkardinaal
- scientific name
- Pheucticus ludovicianus
- class
- Aves
- order
- Passeriformes
- family
- Cardinalidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 1
- sightings in Europe
- 14
- sightings worldwide
- 57,279
- GBIF records in NL
- 1
- weight
- 44 g
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1766
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
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#1059 📷 10Indigo Bunting
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Passerina cyanea
LC 🌍 61.5k seen
#1063 📷 10Summer Tanager
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Piranga rubra
LC 🌍 55.2k seen
#1335 📷 9Western Tanager
🇳🇱 Louisianatangare
Piranga ludoviciana
LC 🌍 38.9k seen
#1338 📷 7Painted Bunting
🇳🇱 Purpergors
Passerina ciris
LC 🌍 38.2k seen
#1342 📷 9Black-headed Grosbeak
🇳🇱 Zwartkopbisschop
Pheucticus melanocephalus
LC 🌍 36.6k seen
#1353 📷 10Blue Grosbeak
🇳🇱 Blauwe Bisschop
Passerina caerulea
LC 🌍 34.2k seen
#1089 📷 10Scarlet Tanager
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LC 🌍 30.6k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 10271, Wikidata Q839834, GBIF 2490494, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.