Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Introduction
This very rare visitor to Britain & Ireland normally migrates from the northern United States and central Canada to South America, where it winters. The species is most often recorded in Britain & Ireland in October, typically after major storms along its southward migration route.
Key Stats
Status and Trends
Conservation Status
Population Size
Population Change
Population trends of this scarce species are not routinely monitored.
Distribution
This vagrant is too rarely reported to map distribution.
Distribution Change
This vagrant is too rarely reported to map distribution change.
Seasonality
This species has been too rarely reported to BirdTrack during 2011–22 to properly assess seasonality.
Movement
Britain & Ireland movement
Biology
Survival and Longevity
Survival is shown as the proportion of birds surviving from one year to the next and is derived from bird ringing data. It can also be used to estimate how long birds typically live.
Classification, names and codes
Classification and Codes
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Cardinalidae
- Scientific name: Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Authority: Linnaeus, 1766
- BTO 5-letter code: ROBGR
- Euring code number: 18870
Alternate species names
- Catalan: cardenal de pit roig
- Czech: dlaskovec ružovoprsý
- Danish: Rosenbrystet Kernebider
- Dutch: Roodborstkardinaal
- Estonian: hund-kuhiknokk
- Finnish: punarintakardinaali
- French: Cardinal à poitrine rose
- German: Rosenbrust-Kernknacker
- Hungarian: vörösmellu magvágó
- Icelandic: Tígultáti
- Irish: Gobach Mór Broinnrósach
- Italian: Beccogrosso pettorosa
- Latvian: sartkrušu dižknabis
- Lithuanian: raudonkrutis didžiasnapis kardinolas
- Norwegian: Rosenbrysttykknebb
- Polish: luszcz strojny
- Portuguese: realejo
- Slovak: glezgovec ružovoprsý
- Slovenian: rdeceprsi kardinal
- Spanish: Picogrueso pechirrosado
- Swedish: brokig kardinal
- Welsh: Tewbig Brongoch
