Rose-breasted Grosbeak has a partial preformative molt, and a prealternate molt that is partial to incomplete in the first cycle (FCA/SY) but only absent-limited in subsequent cycles (DCU/ASY). Plumage can be used to distinguish sexes at all ages. Although males are generally easy to age based on plumage, females can be quite tricky, and even with a good view of the wing and tail, some may be reliably aged only by skull in fall, and should be considered M-FCA (AHY) in spring and summer.
Species account prepared by McGill Bird Observatory (2016). Last updated by Marcel Gahbauer (Mar 2022)
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FCJ - (HY: juin - juillet) | ||
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Brownish above and pale with dark streaks below; cinnamon wing bars; underwing patch yellow (F) or with at least some pink (M) | ||
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FCF - (HY: juillet - décembre; SY janvier - avril) | ||
Brownish above and pale with dark streaks below; most to all rectrices relatively narrow and pointed; often a contrast between darker inner and paler outer greater coverts; underwing patch yellow to orange (F) or pink (M); no to little (F) or substantial (M) white patches on primaries | ||
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FCA - (SY: mars - octobre) | ||
Black (M) or dark brown (F) greater coverts contrasting sharply (M) or slightly (F) with dull brown primary coverts, primaries, and secondaries; at least some rectrices often narrow and pointed (but all may be freshly replaced, broad, and rounded); head and back brown (F) or mottled to solid black (M); no to little (F) or substantial (M) white patches on primaries | ||
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DCB - (AHY: juillet - décembre; ASY janvier - avril) | ||
Brownish above and pale with dark streaks below, with no to little white patches on primaries (F); mottled blackish above and white below with rose breast patch and large white patches on primaries (M); rectrices all broad and rounded | ||
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DCU - (ASY: mars - octobre) | ||
Wing black with large white patches (M) or uniformly brown with white patches small to absent (F); rectrices all broad and rounded | ||
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FPJ - (HY: juin - juillet) | ||
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Similar to FCJ; some natal down remaining and/or juvenile flight feathers still growing in | ||
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FPF - (HY: juillet - novembre) | ||
Similar to FCF; some to all median coverts and occasionally a tertial and/or one or two central rectrices being replaced | ||
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FPA - (HY: décembre - décembre; SY janvier - mai) | ||
Body feathers, and often some greater coverts, tertials, and rectrices being replaced | ||
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SPB - (SY: juillet - novembre) | ||
Flight feathers being replaced, with retained juvenile primaries, secondaries, and/or primary coverts distinctly pale brown and quite worn | ||
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DPB - (AHY: juillet - novembre) | ||
Flight feathers being replaced, with retained primaries, secondaries, and/or primary coverts either distinctly adult (blackish - M / dark brown - F, and with only moderate wear) or intermediate | ||
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DPA - (AHY: décembre - décembre; ASY janvier - mai) | ||
Similar to DCB, with some body feathers being replaced | ||
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Classes de plumage | Âge | Mois | Caractéristiques principales |
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M-FPF / UPU (FPF, SPB, DPB) | U | juillet - novembre | Undergoing preformative or prebasic molt, but cycle is not reliably distinguishable |
M-FCF / UCU (FCF, SCB, DCB) | U/AHY | juillet - avril | In formative or basic plumage (molt completed), but cycle is not reliably distinguishable |
M-FPA / UPA (FPA, DPA) | AHY | décembre - mai | Undergoing prealternate molt, but cycle is not reliably distinguishable |
M-FCA / UCA (FCA, DCA) | AHY | mars - octobre | In alternate plumage (molt completed), but cycle is not reliably distinguishable |