Pheucticus | |
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Rose-breasted grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Cardinalidae |
Genus: |
Pheucticus Reichenbach, 1850 |
Type species | |
Pitylus aureoventris
d'Orbigny &
Lafresnaye, 1837
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Species | |
See text |
Pheucticus is a genus of grosbeaks containing six species. [1] [2]
The genus was introduced by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach in 1850. [3] The type species was subsequently designated as the black-backed grosbeak. [4]
The name of the genus is from the Ancient Greek φευκτικός - pheuktikós "shy" or "inclined to avoid". [5]
Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Yellow grosbeak | Pheucticus chrysopeplus | Pacific slope of Mexico from central Sonora to northwestern Oaxaca, and in southern Chiapas and Guatemala |
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Black-thighed grosbeak | Pheucticus tibialis | Costa Rica and western Panama. |
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Golden grosbeak | Pheucticus chrysogaster | Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela |
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Black-backed grosbeak | Pheucticus aureoventris | Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela. |
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Rose-breasted grosbeak | Pheucticus ludovicianus | east of the Rocky Mountains, to winter from central-southern Mexico through Central America and the Caribbean to Peru and Venezuela. |
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Black-headed grosbeak | Pheucticus melanocephalus | US Great Plains and from southwestern Canada to the mountains of Mexico. |
Pheucticus | |
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Rose-breasted grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Cardinalidae |
Genus: |
Pheucticus Reichenbach, 1850 |
Type species | |
Pitylus aureoventris
d'Orbigny &
Lafresnaye, 1837
| |
Species | |
See text |
Pheucticus is a genus of grosbeaks containing six species. [1] [2]
The genus was introduced by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach in 1850. [3] The type species was subsequently designated as the black-backed grosbeak. [4]
The name of the genus is from the Ancient Greek φευκτικός - pheuktikós "shy" or "inclined to avoid". [5]
Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Yellow grosbeak | Pheucticus chrysopeplus | Pacific slope of Mexico from central Sonora to northwestern Oaxaca, and in southern Chiapas and Guatemala |
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Black-thighed grosbeak | Pheucticus tibialis | Costa Rica and western Panama. |
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Golden grosbeak | Pheucticus chrysogaster | Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela |
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Black-backed grosbeak | Pheucticus aureoventris | Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela. |
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Rose-breasted grosbeak | Pheucticus ludovicianus | east of the Rocky Mountains, to winter from central-southern Mexico through Central America and the Caribbean to Peru and Venezuela. |
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Black-headed grosbeak | Pheucticus melanocephalus | US Great Plains and from southwestern Canada to the mountains of Mexico. |