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Jan 27, 2023 · Photo by Mircea Costina/Shutterstock. Pine Grosbeak range map by ABC. Pine Grosbeaks are big, robin-sized finches found in North America as well as the northern regions of Eurasia. Since these birds often live far from humans, they tend to be rather tame, often allowing observers to approach closely.
There are two ways to find Pine Grosbeaks: look for them on their breeding grounds in the West or in Canada; or wait for them to come to sunflower seed feeders in winter in the northern states. During summer, look in open spruce and pine forests and listen for their rich, warbling singing from treetops from mid-May through early August.
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A big boreal finch, uncommon but widespread in spruce and fir forests of the North and the high mountains. It is often absurdly tame, allowing very close approach; ironically, this sometimes makes it easy to overlook in dense coniferous forest, since it may sit motionless as a birder walks by.
The Pine Grosbeak is a large and plump, heavy-chested finch with a round head. Its bill is thick and conical, but much stubbier than in other finch species. The tail is long and slightly notched.
The pine grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator) is a large member of the true finch family, Fringillidae. It is the only species in the genus Pinicola . It is found in coniferous woods across Alaska , the western mountains of the United States , Canada , and in subarctic Fennoscandia and across the Palearctic to Siberia .
In the eastern part of their range their call resembles the 3 quick and harsh notes of a Greater Yellowlegs, while in the western part of their range it sounds more like a slurred metallic whistle. But even within the same region, the calls of one group of Pine Grosbeaks differ from another group.
