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Hooded Grosbeak

Hesperiphona abeillei

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 19, February 13, March 33, April 32, May 34, June 35, July 26, August 15, September 14, October 6, November 6, December 21.
Mexico254
Tamaulipas54
Michoacan de Ocampo31
Guatemala24
Mexico23
Chiapas21
Queretaro de Arteaga20
Chihuahua12
Morelos12
Sinaloa12

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Seed eaterDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly feed on seeds.Inferred from its group
  • Tree nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in trees.BIRDBASE avian traits database

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderPerching Birds · Passeriformes
FamilyFinches, Euphonias, and Allies · Fringillidae
GenusEvening and Hooded Grosbeaks · Hesperiphona

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Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Hooded Grosbeak with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.