The black-faced grosbeak (Caryothraustes poliogaster) is a large seed-eating bird in the cardinal family (Cardinalidae), which is a resident breeding species from south-eastern Mexico to eastern Panama.

It has a black face, yellow head, neck and breast, and olive back, wings and tail.

The black-faced grosbeak forages in shrubs or trees for beetles, caterpillars and other insects, and also eats fruit such as those of gumbo-limbo[2] (Bursera simaruba), seeds, and nectar taken from flowers or epiphyte bracts.

It generally tries to avoid human-altered habitat[2] though it can be sometimes found in heavily degraded former subtropical or tropical forests.

The nest is a bowl constructed from bromeliad leaves and other epiphytes 3–6 m high in a small tree or palm.