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Pine Grosbeak

Fringillidae
. It is found in coniferous woods across Alaska, the western mountains of the United States, Canada, and in subarctic Fennoscandia and Siberia. Its voice is geographically variable, and includes a whistled pui pui pui or chii-vli.
Edit 1 less saturated background, reduced colour noise; slightly less brilliant colours to avoid blowing channels.
Reason
A charismatic fat little bird at the start of winter. Image meets our criteria.
Articles in which this image appears
Birds of Glacier National Park (U.S.)
Creator
72426950scott (but since transferred to commons via bot)

Promoted File:Pine grosbeak17g.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 02:03, 13 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]