Biology:Caryothraustes

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Short description: Genus of birds

Caryothraustes
Caryothraustes poliogaster.jpg
Black-faced grosbeak (Caryothraustes poliogaster)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cardinalidae
Genus: Caryothraustes
Reichenbach, 1850
Type species
Coccothraustes viridis[1] = Loxia canadensis
Linnaeus, 1766

Caryothraustes is a genus of grosbeak in the family Cardinalidae.

The genus was introduced by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach in 1850.[2] The type species was subsequently designated as the yellow-green grosbeak.[3][4] The name Caryothraustes combines the Ancient Greek words karuon "nut" and thraustēs "breaker".[5]

The genus contains two species:[6]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Yellow-Green Grosbeack.jpg Caryothraustes canadensis Yellow-green grosbeak Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Suriname, and Venezuela
Black-faced Grosbeak - Panama H8O0281 (23184904673).jpg Caryothraustes poliogaster Black-faced grosbeak Central America

Wikidata ☰ Q858827 entry

References

  1. "Cardinalidae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=204. 
  2. Reichenbach, Ludwig (1850). Avium Systema Naturale. Das natürliche System der Vögel. Dresden: Expedition der Vollständigsten Naturgeschichte. Plate 78. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47618521. 
  3. Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed (1970). Check-list of Birds of the World. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 224. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14483459. 
  4. The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. 2014. p. 387. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2. 
  5. Jobling, J.A. (2018). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". in del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. et al.. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. https://www.hbw.com/dictionary/definition/caryothraustes. Retrieved 1 May 2018. 
  6. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2018). "Cardinals, grosbeaks and (tanager) allies". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/cardinals/. Retrieved 1 May 2018.