The Pine Grosbeak

Pine Grosbeak

The Pine Grossbeak (pinicola enucleator) is a resident bird, who like cross-beaks vary greatly in color depending on age and gender.

The Pine Grossbeak has a circumpolar distribution in the north of the northern hemisphere, occurs in pine forests in Alaska, the mountains of western United States, Canada, subarctic Fennoscandia, Siberia and in high mountain areas in Hokkaido.

The Pine Grossbeak's diet consists of seeds and all sorts of berries (especially juniper and rowan berries).