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Excerpts Adapted from the Birds of Saskatchewan:
The song of the Rose-breasted Grosbeak is "sweeter, more varied? than that of the American Robin and "lacks the pauses between phrases? (Roy 1996). Both male and female may sing while on the nest (she more softly than he), unusual behaviour for incubating birds. The Rose-breasted Grosbeak nests in a narrow band of mixed and deciduous forests across North America from southeastern Yukon to southwestern Newfoundland, south to Nebraska and in the Appalachians to Georgia; it winters in the western Caribbean, and from central Mexico to northwest South America.
Deciduous and mixedwood forests, especially those with a high shrub component, are the preferred habitat of the Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Smith 1996). During migration, it can also be found in shelterbelts, farmsteads, city parks, and gardens.
The Rose-breasted Grosbeak is a common summer resident of the southern boreal and parkland regions, but rare in the northern boreal region (Costigan and Steephill Lakes), the Cypress Hills, and the western Qu'Appelle and lower Souris River valleys. It is a fairly common migrant through the grasslands (Smith 1996).
Original text by Gregory P. Kratzig. Text adapted by Daniel J. Sawatzky
Read more about the Rose-breasted Grosbeak in the Birds of Saskatchewan here.
Recommended citation: Latremouille, L. M. 2025. Rose-breasted Grosbeak in Latremouille, L. M., S. L. Van Wilgenburg, C. B. Jardine, D. Lepage, A. R. Couturier, D. Evans, D. Iles, and K. L. Drake (eds.). 2025. The Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Saskatchewan, 2017-2021. Birds Canada. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan https://sk.birdatlas.ca/accounts/speciesaccount.jsp?sp=RBGR&lang=en [14 Nov 2025]
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