astronomy-to-zoology

Mexican Yellow Grosbeak (Pheucticus chrysopeplus)

…Also simply known as the Yellow Grosbeak, Pheucticus chrysopeplus is a species of “Cardinal” (Cardinalidae) that occurs on the Pacific slope of Mexico from central Sonora to northwestern Oaxaca and in southern Chiapas and Guatemala. Yellow Grosbeaks typically occur in trees in forest/edge woodlands and like other grosbeaks they feed almost exclusively on seeds, using their powerful beaks to crush them. 

Classification

Animalia-Chordata-Aves-Passeriformes-Cardinalidae-Pheucticus-P. chrysopeplus

Image: Arjan Haverkamp