Crimson-collared Grosbeak Periporphyrus celaeno Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (20)
- Monotypic
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | cardenal de collar vermell |
Croatian | crvenovrati batač |
Dutch | Roodkraagkardinaal |
English | Crimson-collared Grosbeak |
English (United States) | Crimson-collared Grosbeak |
French | Cardinal à collier |
French (Canada) | Cardinal à collier |
German | Halsbandkardinal |
Japanese | クロアカイカル |
Norwegian | kragetykknebb |
Polish | kostogryz szkarłatny |
Russian | Красношейный толстонос |
Serbian | Crvenovrati batokljun |
Slovak | kardinál kapucňový |
Spanish | Picogrueso Acollarado |
Spanish (Mexico) | Picogordo Cuello Rojo |
Spanish (Spain) | Picogrueso acollarado |
Swedish | rödhalsad kardinal |
Turkish | Karmen Boyunlu Kocabaş |
Ukrainian | Кардинал мексиканський |
Revision Notes
Luca Bielski prepared the account for the 2023 Clements taxonomy update.
Periporphyrus celaeno (Deppe, 1830)
Definitions
- PERIPORPHYRUS
- periporphyrus
- celaeno
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
Introduction
Endemic to northeast Mexico, the Crimson-collared Grosbeak is a generally uncommon resident on the Atlantic slope of the country at altitudes between sea level and approximately 1,200 m, although it is also a rare visitor, principally in the boreal winter north to extreme southern Texas. Both sexes are striking-plumaged birds. The male has a blackish face and throat, wings, and tail, with a crimson-red collar and most of the underparts, and two narrow wingbars. Females, in contrast, are mainly olive-green, but also possess the black face and throat, and both sexes possess a reasonably large and predominantly black bill.
Field Identification
21–22 cm; one female 60 g. Male has crown, face, ear coverts, chin, throat and upper chest black, nape dark crimson, mantle deep dull crimson, back and rump black with dull crimson feather edges; upperwing blackish, wing coverts with very fine dark crimson edges; rectrices dull black; underparts dark crimson, some black mottling in centre of chest; iris brown; upper mandible pale blue-gray with blackish tip and on cutting edge, lower mandible blackish with pale blue-gray base; legs gray. Female is essentially similar to male, but all crimson areas replaced by olive on upperparts and by olive-yellow on underparts, and wing and tail olive-green; bill blackish, with blue-gray base of lower mandible. Immature male has dark crimson of adult replaced by dull olive-yellow, belly with extensive black mottling; immature female has face and throat black, but chest sooty gray.
Systematics History
Subspecies
Distribution
Atlantic slope of northeastern Mexico from central Nuevo León, southern Tamaulipas and eastern San Luis Potosí, south to Querétaro, Hidalgo, northeastern Puebla and northern Veracruz; casual in winter to southern Texas.
Habitat
Humid to semi-arid brushy woodland and edge, second growth; also citrus groves and sweet gums (Liquidambar). Sea-level to ca. 1,200 m.
Movement
Apparently sedentary. Some movement or wandering: numerous records in southern Texas (southern USA), 200 km and more north of normal range; some of these vagrants established territories.
Diet and Foraging
Frequently folivorous; stomach contents (Tamaulipas) chewed-up leaves of nightshade (Solanum verbascifolium), also some insects, but no seeds. Opportunistically feeds on fruit in citrus groves; also various other fruits such as mangos (Mangifera), loquat (Eriobotrya japonica), chinaberry (Melia azedarach) etc. Vagrants in Texas seen to eat various fruits, including apple and citrus, and leaves of several plants, including potato tree (Solanum erianthum). Found singly and in pairs; joins mixed-species flocks. Forages at all levels in forest, sometimes descending to ground.
Sounds and Vocal Behavior
Song a rich to slightly burry warble, often upslurred at end; somewhat similar to that of Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus), but with fewer curved or warbled notes. Calls include high, clear, penetrating slurred sseeuu or sseeeur, also a piercing seeip seeeiyu.
Breeding
Nest found in May. Apparently only one nest so far described, a loosely constructed cup of twigs, thinly lined and not deep, located 2 m up in tangle of vines and shrubbery. Clutch 2–3 eggs, pale bluish-gray with light brown spots all over; young apparently tended by female alone; no other information.
Conservation Status
Not globally threatened. Restricted-range species: present in northeastern Mexican Gulf Slope EBA. Fairly common to uncommon over much of range. Appears able to adapt to some habitat modification.
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding