The rose-breasted grosbeak occurs as a very rare vagrant in western Europe. Typically, fewer than 7% of grosbeak nests have cowbird eggs per one study. The pine grosbeak ("Pinicola enucleator") is a large member of the true finch family, Fringillidae. The coloration renders the adult male rose-breasted grosbeak (even while wintering) unmistakable if seen well. The largest-known songbird is the extinct giant grosbeak ("Chloridops regiskongi") at long. The breeding habitat of the pine grosbeak is coniferous forests. Altamira yellowthroat (Geothlypis flavovelata) and crimson-collared grosbeak (Rhodothraupis celaeno). The ultramarine grosbeak is territorial; it doesn't fly in flocks. One of these was the rose-breasted grosbeak. The blue-black grosbeak is sexually dimorphic. The rose-breasted grosbeak ("Pheucticus ludovicianus") is a large, seed-eating grosbeak in the cardinal family (Cardinalidae). Maximum lifespan recorded for a wild rose-breasted grosbeak was 12 years, 11 months. In their wintering grounds, this grosbeak consumes many monarchs and many seeds. The subfamily Carduelinae includes 18 extinct Hawaiian honeycreepers and the extinct Bonin grosbeak. The Japanese grosbeak usually occurs in pairs or small flocks.