Hesperiphona vespertina
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The evening grosbeak (Hesperiphona vespertina) is a passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae found in North America. The evening grosbeak is bulky, with a large bill and short tail. The bird has a distinct appearance, with the adult male featuring a bright yellow forehead and body, brown head, and white wing patches, while the adult female has a mainly olive-brown body with greyer underparts and white wing patches.
The evening grosbeak breeds in coniferous and mixed forests across Canada, the western mountainous areas of the United States, and Mexico. Its migration pattern is variable, sometimes reaching as far south as the southern U.S. in winters. These birds forage in trees and bushes, and their diet mainly consists of seeds, berries, and insects. The bird's range has expanded eastward in historical times, likely due to the planting of Manitoba maples and other shrubs near farms and the availability of bird feeders during winter.
The evening grosbeak was formally described in 1825 by the American naturalist William Cooper and given the binomial name Fringilla vespertina. Cooper had been sent a specimen by the ethnologist Henry Schoolcraft that had been collected... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riding Mountain National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 2 | Gros Morne National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 3 | Rocky Mountain National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Cape Breton Highlands National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 5 | Glacier National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Yellowstone National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Yosemite National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Grand Teton National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Grand Canyon National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Olympic National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 11 | Zion National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 12 | Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 13 | Banff National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 14 | Death Valley National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 15 | Great Bear Rainforest | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 16 | Saguaro National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 17 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 18 | Acadia National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portland | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Salt Lake City | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Seattle | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Vancouver | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 5 | Sacramento | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Montreal | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 7 | Calgary | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 8 | New York City | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Denver | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Edmonton | 🇨🇦 Canada |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Evening Grosbeak sighting in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks on a given day, based on 30 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 122nd most-seen of the 152 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Evening Grosbeak in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks on a given day, against under 5% in November to September, the lowest months. That is one of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks's driest months, with about 20 mm of rain against 190 mm in January.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Evening Grosbeak sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
12th of 18
Of the 18 parks where we can rate Evening Grosbeak sightings, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks ranks 12th at under 5%. The best odds are in Riding Mountain National Park (Canada, about 30%), Gros Morne National Park (Canada, about 10%) and Rocky Mountain National Park (United States, about 10%).
Same family: Fringillidae
The closest relatives of the Evening Grosbeak that you can see in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (family Fringillidae, Finches, Euphonias, and Allies) are Lesser Goldfinch (about 30%), House Finch (about 30%) and Purple Finch (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Evening Grosbeak is recorded against all the birds logged in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (30 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
