A North American bird: adult males are black and white with a red breast, while females and young birds are brown and streaked.
Adult males are black and white with a red breast. Females and young birds are brown and streaked, with a pale stripe above the eye.
On its eastern North American breeding grounds, it eats insects, fruit, and seeds. Both parents incubate the eggs and feed the young; in fall and winter it is found in Central and South America.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.