Pyrrhuloxia
Pyrrhuloxia: Large cardinal-like finch with conspicuous red-tipped gray crest, gray head, back, upperparts, red-washed face, breast, and pale gray underparts. Dark gray wings with red edges on primaries. Tail is red. Thick yellow bill. Eats insects, larvae, seeds, fruits and berries.
● Song:
"chewee, chewee, chewee, wheet, wheet, wheet", "plik", "chink."
● Foraging & Feeding:
Pyrrhuloxia: Eats flower spikes, various fruits, berries, seeds, and insects.
● Breeding & nesting:
Pyrrhuloxia: Three to four light gray or green eggs with brown dots and flecks are laid in a nest made of thorny twigs, weeds, grass, and bark pieces, and lined with rootlets and fine materials. Nest is built in a shrub or thicket, 5 to 15 feet above the ground. Eggs are incubated for 14 days by the female.
● Similar species:
Pyrrhuloxia: Northern Cardinal has red bill and is redder overall.